Diary of the cruise of HMS RENOWN to New Zealand and Australia written by Walter Conan Doré,1920.

Diary of the cruise of HMS RENOWN to New Zealand and Australia from 16 March 1920 to 11 October 1920 written by Walter Conan Doré. The diary includes an account of the visit of HRH Prince Edward of Wales. K.G and an illustration of HMS RENOWN, known as the ‘Greyhound of the sea’.
Also enclosed is a photograph of an unidentified naval officer and a woman dancing on deck, and a 48 page souvenir programme of the visit of HRH Prince of Wales to Adelaide, 12 July, 1920. The programme includes accounts of incidents during the voyage of HMS RENOWN.

Object Details

ID: JOD/234
Type: Manuscript diary
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dore, Walter Conan
Date made: 1920-03-16 - 1920-10-11; Fl. 1920
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Journals and Diaries (Manuscript)
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