Back to Search Results

Typewritten account 'The Search for the Dresden'.

Typewritten account: "The Search for the Dresden." Chronicles the hunt for, and subsequent sinking of the German Light Cruiser DRESDEN, the only vessel to escape from the Battle of the Falklands.

Back to Search Results

Request this item

Share:

Object Details

ID:	WHR/3
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Whittaker, Jack Kilner
Date made:	1914 - 1914
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
Parts:	Whittaker, Jack Kilner, Captain, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1892-1978. (Manuscript) Bound volume 'HMS Kent 1914 - 191917 Charts Showing Movements'. (Manuscript) (WHR/1) Bound volume 'HMS Kent Log of War Commission 1914 - 1917 Volume 1'. (Manuscript) (WHR/2) Typewritten account 'The Search for the Dresden'. (Manuscript) (WHR/3) Bound volume 'HMS Kent Log of War Commission 1914 - 1917 Volume 2'. (Manuscript) (WHR/4) Bound volume 'HMS Kent Log of War Commission 1914 - 1917 Volume 3'. (Manuscript) (WHR/5) Certificates and appointments, 1917-1964. (Manuscript) (WHR/6) Bound volume 'HMS Mindful HMS Wolsey 1918-1919'. (Manuscript) (WHR/7) Guest lists for Battle of the Falklands memorial dinners, 1931-1954. (Manuscript) (WHR/8) Handwritten notes on Second World War service. (Manuscript) (WHR/9) Typewritten account 'The Sixth HMS Kent'. (Manuscript) (WHR/10) Photographs, 1914 - 1945. (Manuscript) (WHR/11) Negatives and diagrams relating to the Battle of the Falklands. (Manuscript) (WHR/12) Account of the Battle of the Falklands in 'The London Magazine', May 1915. (Manuscript) (WHR/13) Hardbound copy of 'The London Magazine', May 1915. (Manuscript) (WHR/14) Map of South America, 1921. (Manuscript) (WHR/15) Souvenir programme for the Coronation Review at Spithead, 1937. (Manuscript) (WHR/16) Copy of 'The Illustrated London News', 18 January 1941. (Manuscript) (WHR/17) Copy of 'The Illustrated London News', 25 January 1941. (Manuscript) (WHR/18) Copy of "The London Illustrated London News', 1 November 1941. (Manuscript) (WHR/19) Copy of 'The Tatler and Bystander', 4 February 1942. (Manuscript) (WHR/20) Group photograph of commanding officers of naval air stations, 1945. (Manuscript) (WHR/21) Letter regarding research into the Battle of the Falklands. (Manuscript) (WHR/22)

Loading filters