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Log
of the ADVENTURE, Captain T. Davis,
whaling
. (Manuscript)
1844-11-04 - 1847-05-21
MRF/146
Log of the ADVENTURE, Captain T. Davis, London to the South Seas, whaling 4 November 1844-21 May 1847. Original in Kendall Whaling Museum, Mass., USA. On reel, see log 317.
Logbook of the
whaling
ship CUMBRIAN, Captain Martin Munroe. (Manuscript)
1826-03-06 - 1827-10-15
LOG/M/75
Logbook of the whaling ship CUMBRIAN, Captain Martin Munroe, 6 Mar- 5 November 1826 and 2 Apr-15 Oct 1827, both voyages from Hull to Greenland. Formerly part of the Wordie collection
Logbook of the
whaling
ship RICHARD, Captain William Gilyott. (Manuscript)
1817-03-06 - 1818-08-08
LOG/M/73
Logbook of the whaling ship RICHARD, Captain William Gilyott; Hull to greenland, 6 mar-19 Aug 1817; Hull to St Petersburg, 3 Sep-16 Dec 1817; Hull to Greenland 14 Mar-8 August 1818. Originally in Wordie collection.
Logbook of the
whaling
ship UNITY, Captain Edward Bell. (Manuscript)
1818-04-02- 1819-08-18
LOG/M/74
Logbook of the whaling ship UNITY, Captain Edward Bell, Hull to Greenland 2 Apr-12 Aug 1818; Hull to St Petersburg 3 Sep-14 November 1818; Hull to Greenland 15 Mar-18 August 1819.
Log
of the VIOLET, Captain W. Jackson, whaler. (Manuscript)
1853-01-31 - 1853-10-20
MRF/147
Log of the VIOLET, Captain W. Jackson, whaler, Hull to the Davis Straights, 31 January-20 Oct 1853. Original in Kendall Whaling Museum, MAss, USA. On reel, see log 200.
Logbook/journal kept by T F Miller of a
whaling
cruise in ERIK of London, 1876. (Manuscript)
1876
JOD/133
Logbook/journal of whaling cruise in ERIK of London, from Dundee to Davis Straits, kept by T F Miller, Gunner with numerous photographs, 1876, (formerly LOG/M/35).
Uncatalogued:
Whaling
journal kept by A. Dalton aboard HARRIET.
1826 - 1866
LOG/M/89
Whaling Logbook, kept by ship's surgeon Dalton while aboard the whaling ship HARRIET on a voyage to and around the Pacific Ocean via Cape Horn.…
Log
of HM ship PHOEBE, 1813 - 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (Manuscript)
1813-1814
HYL/1/1
Log of HM frigate PHOEBE from 19 March 1813 to 5 October 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (28 March 1814).
Hillyar family papers (Manuscript)
1798-1982
HYL
The collection includes the log of HM Ship PHOEBE from 19 March 1813 to 5 October 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX off Valpariso (Chile) 28 March 1814 ( HYL/1/1) and two accompanying letters concerning the capture of the ESSEX.…
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