Diary kept by Henry Elgar, carpenter on HMS PRINCESS ROYAL and HMS QUEEN.

Contains mostly copies of poems written out by hand with two pages of 'remarkable days' during his service on board HMS QUEEN, between 23 February 1860 and 8 January 1863. Includes four pages of shipping movements for HMS PRINCESS ROYAL and HMS QUEEN, giving dates of depature and arrival.

Object Details

ID: JOD/252
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1859-1863
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 volume
Parts: Journals and Diaries (Manuscript)