Service documents and letters, relating to the Pacific Station.

Service documents and other items belonging to Charles H Dillon, including: a birth certificate for his daughter Helen, 1855 (while Dillon was Master of HMS FISGARD); five certificates of appointment as Master, Staff Commander, Retired Commander etc; plans of the stowage tanks of the ARETHUSA; drafts and copies of letters from various people including Lord Cowley and Pomare Queen of Tahiti, written on blank crew list forms; map showing the track of HMS RALEIGH from Plymouth to Lisbon and Rio de la Plata, 1846-1849.

Record Details

Item reference: BGY/D/5/2; MSS/75/093 MSS/75/093
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 oversize folder: 20 sheets
Date made: 1830-1867
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London