Found 6 collections related to Portsmouth (England)

This logbook of the H.M.S. Firebrand and the H.M.S. Frolic was kept by the same (unknown) author. Entries pertaining to the Firebrand were made from December 1, 1847-June 16, 1848, when the ship sailed along the South American coast, stopping at: Colonia and Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Balna, Argentina. Entries pertaining to the H.M.S. Frolic were made from June 22, 1848-March 7, 1849 when the ship sailed from Portsmouth, England, stopping at Waterford and Cork, Ireland; Naples and Messina, Italy; the Piraeus and Salonica, Greece; and Smyrna, Turkey. Volume contains many watercolor sketches of South American and West Indian ports, not necessarily contemporaneous with the voyage described. A list of the sketches is filed with the volume less

This logbook of the H.M.S. Ganymede, a British ship of war captained by John Brett Purvis, was kept by Francis A. Murray, master's mate, while cruising in the Mediterranean, stopping at Trieste, Corfu, Palermo, Gibraltar, thence to Bermuda and return to Portsmouth, England. Entries were made between May 20, 1814 and July 5, 1815. On vellum less

This logbook of the H.M.S. Narcissus, a British ship of war captained by F.M. Almer, was kept from January 1, 1811 through March 11, 1812 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. During this time, the ship sailed from Falmouth to the Isle of Gomera, Madeira, Portsmouth, Newfoundland, Labrador, back to Plymouth, England, and other locations. Entries include observations, ports visited, ships boarded, and other details. Also mentioned are sheep and slave supplies bound for America. Includes drawings of Gomera, Port Manvers, the Labrador Coast, Croque Harbor, St. Johns, and other locations less

This logbook was kept on board the H.M.S. Niemen, a British ship of war captained by S. Pym, from May 6, 1812 through May 5, 1814 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. The ship traveled from the Basque Roads to Cherbourg, Lisbon, Portsmouth, St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, Bermuda, Halifax, the Delaware Bay (patrolling), Halifax, Jamaica, Bermuda, and back to England. Entries include observations, mentions of ships captured, and other information, a view of the Delaware coast, list of ships captured in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware and Egg Harbor, New Jersey, as well as specie taken from Bermuda to England less

This volume served as the logbook of two ships and contain entries made by Edward Roberts (3rd officer) from April 10, 1835-April 1, 1836. From April 10-November 13, 1835, Roberts kept the logbook on board the British convict ship "Mangles," commanded by Captain William Carr. The ship traveled from Deptford (part of London) to Portsmouth, continuing to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), where a company of soldiers, convicts, and some of the passengers disembarked before the ship proceeded to Timor and Lombok, Dutch East India. The logbook lists passengers, crew, and prisoners Bound in the same volume is Roberts' logbook for the bark "Don Manoel," containing entries made from December 6, 1835-April 1, 1836 on a voyage from Lombok, Dutch East India to the vicinity of Lintin, China less

Charles Donnison Roper, a midshipman in the British Navy, kept this logbook of the H.M.S. Camperdown, H.M.S. Blenheim, H.M.S. Achilles, and H.M.S. Wanderer. Entries for the Camperdown date January 1-March 29, 1894, as the ship traveled from Smyrna to Malta. Entries for the Blenheim date November 15, 1894-February 24, 1895, when the ship traveled from Malto to Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Halifax, and back to Gibraltar. Entries for the Achilles date February 25-March 9, 1895, when the ship traveled from Gibraltar to Portsmouth. Entries for the Wanderer date March 10-June 13, 1895, when the ship traveled from Portsmouth to Portland. Seven drawings are inserted in the volume less