Personal journals of Captain Reinhold Bald (1895-1956), covering between May 1903 and November 1904, between December 1913 and November 1914, and between November 1914 and September 1915, detailing his pre-war training amd torpedo training; voyage on HMS GRAFTON on the Pacific Station, between 1903 and 1904; torpedo training on HMS ANTRIM between 1913 and 1914; active service in the Grand Fleet, and attacking and assisting SMS BLUCHER in January 1915.

The personal journals reveal details of officer training pre-World War I and give details of torpedo training, action in World War I and life on board ship in the Royal Navy. This collection is linked to MSS 83/137, Correspondence from GR Bald and family members, certificates, passport.