Diary of William Mason, HMS MEGAERA, 1871.
Diary kept by William Mason, a crew member on the iron screw troopship HMS MEGAERA (1849), 27 April to 2 October 1871. The entries cover the period during which the MEGAERA was beached as unseaworthy on St Paul's Island in the Indian Ocean. The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co passenger liner MALACCA (1866), chartered by the British Government to rescue the stranded survivors, reached Sydney on 2 October.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/261/1 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1871 |
| Creator: | Mason, William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Diary of William Mason, HMS MEGAERA, 1871. (Manuscript) (JOD/261/1)
- Photographs of William Mason. (Manuscript) (JOD/261/2)
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