Hoste, Sir William, Captain, 1780-1828.

Certificates of service and letters of recommendation, 1785-1798; Letters written by Hoste to his family while serving at sea, 1794-1814; List of vessels captured by HMS MUTINE and HMS EURYDICE while under his command, 1799-1805; Orders received by Hoste and notes on events while in command of HMS AMPHION and then HMS BACCHANTE, 1805-1814; Accounts relating to HMS AMPHION, 1808-1810; List of vessels taken, destroyed or detained by HMS BACCHANTE, 1812-1813; Correspondence with other officers, including letters to Lady Harriet Hoste regarding a memorial to her husband, 1811-1830; Document conferring Freedom of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, 1828; Hoste family genealogical tree and correspondence concerning wills, marriage, and titles to estates; Printed report by J. Walker on the plan for making a ship navigation from the sea at Lowestoft to Norwich, made to the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 19 January 1826.

Object Details

ID: HOS
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1794-1830
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 box; 4 oversize items.
Parts: Hoste, Sir William, Captain, 1780-1828.