Goodsall, Walter, Master Mariner, 1848-1913.
The papers consist of a biographical note of his early life and diary extracts up until 1876 There is a full account for 1881 There are also logs, 1870, 1872, 1883 to 1884, and a technical pamphlet.
Administrative / biographical background
Goodsall was born at Gravesend, Kent, in 1848. He entered the merchant service as an apprentice in 1863 and in 1867 joined the Bombay Shipping Company as second mate His submarine telegraph work began as Third Officer in the cable ship Kangaroo with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, laying a cable from Singapore to Hong Kong. As Second Officer in the Company's ship Vanessa between 1872 and 1873, he participated in the laying of the duplicate Placentia-St.Pierre-Sydney cable. Late in 1873 he was Third and Navigating Officer in the Great Eastern, working on the cable from Valentia to Newfoundland He subsequently commanded other cable ships, including the Chiltern, which was employed in the Red Sea, 1883 to 1884. Woodsall died at Whitstable in 1913.
Administrative / biographical background
Goodsall was born at Gravesend, Kent, in 1848. He entered the merchant service as an apprentice in 1863 and in 1867 joined the Bombay Shipping Company as second mate His submarine telegraph work began as Third Officer in the cable ship Kangaroo with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, laying a cable from Singapore to Hong Kong. As Second Officer in the Company's ship Vanessa between 1872 and 1873, he participated in the laying of the duplicate Placentia-St.Pierre-Sydney cable. Late in 1873 he was Third and Navigating Officer in the Great Eastern, working on the cable from Valentia to Newfoundland He subsequently commanded other cable ships, including the Chiltern, which was employed in the Red Sea, 1883 to 1884. Woodsall died at Whitstable in 1913.
Record Details
| Item reference: | GDL; GB 0064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Extent: | 1 box |
| Date made: | circa 1863-1884 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- The Walter Goodsall Diary with introduction by Robert H Goodsall. (Manuscript) (GDL/1)
- Logbooks: SS SCANDERIA, EDINBURGH, SS HIBERNIA. (Manuscript) (GDL/2)
- Abstract of work on the Sydney-Placentia cable. (Manuscript) (GDL/4)
- Diary of Walter Goodsall for the year 1881. (Manuscript) (GDL/5)
- Logbook of SS CHILTERN. (Manuscript) (GDL/6)
- Notes on Submarine Telegraph Cable Work, Grappling. (Manuscript) (GDL/7)