Private diary while in command of HMS VIGILANT, 1778.

Kingsmill's private diary when captain of HMS VIGILANT, describing the action off Ushant on 27 July, 1778.

ID:	KIN/16
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Kingsmill, Robert Brice
Date made:	1778
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Kingsmill, Sir Robert Brice, Admiral, 1730-1805. (Manuscript) Letterbook, October 1793 to December 1794. (Manuscript) (KIN/1) Letterbook, 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/2) Letterbook, March 1797 to January 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/3) Letterbook, February 1798 to August 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/4) Letterbook, August 1798 to January 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/5) Letterbook, January 1800 to July 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/6) Letter and orderbook, 1797-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/7) Orderbook, October 1793 to June 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/8) Orderbook, December 1795 to August 1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/9) Orderbook, March 1800 to September 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/10) Logbook of HMS ELIZABETH, 1783-1786. (Manuscript) (KIN/11) Letterbook kept on the Irish station, 1799-1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/12) Orderbook kept on the Irish station, December 1798 to February 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/13) Prize money book, 1797-1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/14) Logbook of HMS PENGUIN, 1795-1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/15) Private diary while in command of HMS VIGILANT, 1778. (Manuscript) (KIN/16) Notebook relating to the Irish station, 1795-1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/17) Various documents, 1766-1794. (Manuscript) (KIN/18-20) Letters and orders, 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/21) Letters, instructions and prize papers, 1796. (Manuscript) (KIN/22) Letters, orders, signals and printed documents, 1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/23) Letters and printed documents, 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/24) Letters and reports, 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/25) Letters and reports, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/26) Letters, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/27) Letters, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/28) Letter and enclosure to Captain MacNamara, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/29) Letters and orders, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/30-32) Papers relating to the dispute with Lord Bridport over prize money, 1798-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/33) Letters and reports, 1800-1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/34) Letters, notes on smugglers and lists of prize vessels. (Manuscript) (KIN/35) Papers concerning signals used on the Irish station, 1797-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/36) Papers concerning the condition and disposition of the squadron employed on the Irish station, 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/37) Commissions, 1756-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/38) Honours, 1781-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/39) Will, 1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/40) Newspaper account of Lord Nelson's funeral, 1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/41) Additional items including biographical details and a copy of a letter from Lord Nelson. (Manuscript) (KIN/42)

Private diary while in command of HMS VIGILANT, 1778.

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