Diary kept by James Ford during submarine cable laying voyages, 1866-1868.

Diary kept by James Ford during submarine cable laying voyages from London, 1866-1868, kept in a printed almanac for 1863.

The diary covers the voyage of the GREAT EASTERN for the laying of the Atlantic telegraph between Valentia, Ireland, and Newfoundland, between July 1866 and October 1866. The volume also contains a record of the voyage of the CHILTERN, carrying the Gulf of Lawrence cable, and to repair the Atlantic cable, between August 1866 and October 1866; and the voyage of the CHILTERN for the laying of the cable between Malta and Alexandria (and a voyage home on the SCANDERIA), between September 1868 and October 1868.

Also included is a carte-de-visite photograph of a painting entitled 'Ship TWEED commander Captain Stewart' and a volume of poems by Connie M. Ford, granddaughter of James Ford, entitled 'Boat Crazy', published in 1975.

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ID:	JOD/227
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Ford, James
Date made:	1866-1975; 1866 1866-1868
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	3 items
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(Manuscript) (JOD/219) Journals of Capt Thomas B Clowes HMS ROSE, 1821-1823 (Manuscript) (JOD/220) Diary of Frederick A. Hamilton, cable engineer MACKAY BENNETT, 17 Apr 1912 - 1 May 1912 with transcript and other material (Manuscript) (JOD/221) Journal of Theophilius James Ranton, Master Mariner of Great Yarmouth,1827-1883. (Manuscript) (JOD/222) Journal, Certificates and Letters relating to Midhsipman J.H.P Allan, 1953-1955 (Manuscript) (JOD/223) Journal and transcript of an unknown Scottish seaman pressed into the Royal Navy, 1805-1814 (Manuscript) (JOD/224) Journal kept by Nina Baker as a cadet on board the BRITISH WILLOW and BRITISH CAVALIER, 1972-1973 with a CD copy. (Manuscript) (JOD/225) Journal kept by Acting Mate Francis S Thompson HMS LONDON and HMS GLADIATOR, 1854-1855. (Manuscript) (JOD/226) Diary kept by James Ford during submarine cable laying voyages, 1866-1868. (Manuscript) (JOD/227) Journal kept by Lieutenant Sherard Osborn on HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1848. (Manuscript) (JOD/228) Journal kept by Annie Madeleine Eastwood on board the SS ARDEOLA, 1913 with transcript (Manuscript) (JOD/229) Diary kept by Charles Shuckburgh HMS ACTAEON, 1856-1861. (Manuscript) (JOD/230) Journal kept by Victor George Hayward on the "Ross Sea Party" expedition, 1915-1916 (Manuscript) (JOD/231) Typescript of Journal of Edward D. Guinness, officer on ‘H.M.S. New Zealand’ 1919-1920. (Manuscripts typescript journal) (JOD/232) Journal of George Roope, kept during his imprisonment on the island of Formosa, 1842. (Manuscripts diary) (JOD/233) Diary of the cruise of HMS RENOWN to New Zealand and Australia written by Walter Conan Doré,1920. (Manuscript diary) (JOD/234) Journal of Paymaster William Young, RN, 1834-1851. (Manuscript) (JOD/235) Journal kept by George Ratcliff, able seaman, on board HMS HARWICH, 1745-50 (Manuscript) (JOD/236) Diary and logbook written by Lieutenant Commander H.S. Hall, chief electrician, of HMS OTRANTO. (Manuscript) (JOD/237) Journal written on board “HMS IRON DUKE”, China Station, 1871-1872. (Manuscript) (JOD/238) Journal kept by William Roberts on board the SUSSEX, 1854. (Manuscript) (JOD/239) Diaries of William Waite, 1860-1893. Covers cruises to Spain, Canada, the Atlantic and Australia. (Manuscript) (JOD/240) Transcript journal, ca. 1845, of the events at Cartagena, original written 1740-1741. (manuscript volume) (JOD/241) Diary kept by George Woolcott, an evangelist working amongst seamen in the East End of London,1828. (Manuscript) (JOD/242) Diary kept by Robert Russell Laughlin as a deck boy on the KING EDWARD (diary) (JOD/243) Journal of Private John Stephen Salmon, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 1914 - 1916. (Manuscript) (JOD/244) Diary and documents relating to Stanley Crane, HMS Rambler, 1904-1906 (Manuscript) (JOD/245) Journal of the John Thomson aboard the EURYDICE, 1881. (Manuscript) (JOD/246) Diary and other material relating to a voyage to the West Indies of the ROSEAU in 1879 (Manuscript) (JOD/247) Diary and note book kept by William Thomas Mumford on HMS RESOLUTE (Manuscript) (JOD/248) Journal kept by Richard Roche in HMS RESOLUTE (Manuscript) (JOD/249) Illustrated journal kept by Midshipman Joseph Pape, RN, a prisoner of war captured by the French. (Manuscript) (JOD/250) Diary kept by Master Mariner Francis Reynalds (Manuscript) (JOD/251) Diary kept by Henry Elgar, carpenter on HMS PRINCESS ROYAL and HMS QUEEN. (Manuscript) (JOD/252) Diary kept by Jack Findlay, Royal Naval Reserve, Assistant Paymaster. (Manuscript) (JOD/253) Diary of Commander Gabriel Johnston and two letters, written during the Crimean War. (Manuscript) (JOD/254) Gallipoli Diary and postcard of Jesse Garton, Engineer on HM AUSTRALIAN Transport A45 (Manuscript) (JOD/255) Journal kept on board HMS RESOLUTE during the search for the Franklin expedition (with transcript). (Manuscript) (JOD/256) Diary kept during First World War by Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge, Rear-Admiral, 1888-1952. (Manuscript) (JOD/257) Documents of Gilbert William Smith, steward onboard RMS vessel AVON renamed HMS AVOCA requisitioned during First World War. (Manuscript) (JOD/258) Log kept by George William Mansfield on the barque LADY HEATHCOTE, together with a transcript and information on voyages. (Manuscript) (JOD/259) Memorandum book with an account of the sinking of the St CUTHBERT in 1908 by Percy Bowman, Fourth Officer. (book) (JOD/260) Diary and photographs of William Mason, RN. (Manuscript) (JOD/261) Diary of Stoker 1st Class Thomas James Wells, HMS IPHIGENIA, 1897-1900. (Manuscript) (JOD/262) Diary of Stoker Donald McDonald, HMS IPHIGENIA, 1897-1899. (Manuscript) (JOD/263) Diary and associated papers of Wireless Telegraph Operator (1st Class) Percy Hanson, RNR. (Manuscript) (JOD/264) Diary and associated papers of merchant seaman Arthur Edgar Hopper, 1916-1919 (Manuscript) (JOD/265) Journals of Edward Beck, 1823-1829. (Manuscript) (JOD/266) Diary kept by Andrew Crawford as a passenger on board the PATRIARCH and CUZCO, 1885. (Manuscript) (JOD/267) Diary kept by Alexander Loudoun as a passenger on board the OPAWA, 1885-1886. (Manuscript) (JOD/268) Two journals and a report from educational cruises on the DUNERA, 1963-1967 (Manuscript) (JOD/269) Midshipman’s journals of Captain John Ronald Gower, 1929-1932 (Manuscript) (JOD/270) Diary and Letter by Robert Barnfield on a voyage from London to Auckland on board the clipper ship NORTHUMBERLAND (Manuscript) (JOD/271) Diary kept by George Alfred Luffman as a passenger on board the ROYAL CHARTER, 1856. (Manuscript) (JOD/272) Journal kept by Edwin Poole, a passenger on a voyage to Australia in the sailing ship WEATHERSFIELD of Liverpool. (Diary) (JOD/273) Midshipman's journal kept by Stuart Austen Buss on HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 1919-1921. (Manuscript) (JOD/274) Two diaries kept by Joseph Albert McGill, petty officer, HMS ALBION, 1914 - 1916 (Diaries) (JOD/275) Diary of Peter Birch, Marconi Wireless Operator. (Manuscript) (JOD/276) Journal kept by Major Kirkham, seaman, on board the ROYAL GEORGE, PROVIDENCE, SAN JOSEF, CASTOR and ABERCROMBIE. (Manuscript) (JOD/277) Log and journal kept by John Dand, carpenter on the barque SIR HENRY POTTINGER, 1858 (Manuscript) (JOD/278/1-2) Journal kept by Chief Engineer William Anderson on HMS BULLDOG, 1854-1856. (Manuscript) (JOD/279) Journal, with transcript, kept by John Tillery, midshipman of HMS TIGRE (Journal) (JOD/280/1-2) Commander James Spratt's diary including the Battle of Trafalgar and his subsequent wound. (Manuscript) (JOD/281) Diary of William Brett on HMS INVESTIGATOR search for Franklin's expedition and party. (Manuscript) (JOD/282) Journal kept by Daniel Paine covering the years 1795-1798 (Manuscript) (JOD/283) Collection of diaries and drawings by Robert Gale from a surveying cruise to Australia and the islands surrounding it (Manuscript) (JOD/284) Journal and documents relating to Lewis Henry Gerbert, 1914 - 1984 (Manuscript) (JOD/285) Jounal kept by James Kenneth Brook as an apprentice on the LADYE DORIS, 1906-1907. (Manuscript) (JOD/286) Journal and transcript relating to Edward Buckell, surgeon on the MALACCA, 1849-1851 (Manuscript) (JOD/287/1-2) Journal kept by surgeon William Guthrie Borland serving aboard HMS DOROTHEA under the command of Captain Buchan and narrative titled Through Sketches of my life. (Manuscript) (JOD/288) A journal of the proceedings and medical journal on the HEIC ship WARREN HASTINGS (Manuscript) (JOD/289) Journal kept by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas James Modley on HMS ALACRITY, 1901-1904. (Manuscript) (JOD/290) Baker, Journal kept on HMS JUNO, Pacific. (Manuscript) (JOD/291) Diary of W.P. Woolley, Able Seaman, Nares Arctic Expedition. (Manuscript) (JOD/292) Four private journals kept on board the following ships: the steamer SIR JAMES DUKE, CALABAR, EXCELSIOR and ABERFOYLE (Manuscript) (JOD/293) Journals of Samgarnebo Samuel Wilkes, HMS HECLA, during a voyage of discovery in the Polar Seas, 1821-1822 (Manuscript) (JOD/294) An 18th century copy of Phineas Pett's diary. (Manuscript) (JOD/295) The Diary of George Collins onboard HMS FORTE with poems. (Manuscript) (JOD/296) Diary of a voyage to Singapore by Paul Harrison. (Manuscript) (JOD/297) Personal diary kept by Cadet Kenneth Edwards, HMS LORD NELSON, during World War I, between 1914 and 1916. (Manuscript) (JOD/298) Typed diary by Sargeant David Bowdler on HMS GOSHAWK. (Manuscript) (JOD/299) Journal of HMS NORFOLK. (Manuscript) (JOD/300) Journals kept by Mr McAdams of five voyages in several Snows. (Manuscript) (JOD/301) Journal kept by Lieutenant Reginald Baldwin Fulford, HMS DISCOVERY, on the Nares Expedition. (Manuscript) (JOD/302) Diary kept by Richard Anderson, Master of the PRINCE at Trafalgar. (Manuscript) (JOD/303) Journal kept by James Creassy of voyage to Bengal on the East Indiaman, SEA HORSE. (Manuscript) (JOD/304) A Journal kept by Sir Richard Haddock in the company of Sir Antony Deane. (Manuscript) (JOD/305) Private journal kept by J Kite, Gunner in HMS MUTINE in the Pacific. (Manuscript) (JOD/306) Two journals kept by Midshipman, later Commander Ian Forbes. (Manuscript) (JOD/307) Journals of inspections of Lighthouses and Beacons around England, Wales, the Channel and Farne islands. (Manuscript) (JOD/308) Personal log of the THESEUS, 1914, kept by Chief Gunner Ernest George Courtis. (Manuscript) (JOD/309) Diary and notebook kept by George Lea, Telegraphist aboard HMS LION. (Manuscript) (JOD/310) Diaries of William Charles Reed, aboard the ship DORIS, EUROPA and ST GEORGE. (Manuscript) (JOD/311) Diary kept by Henry Alfred Heath, who served onboard HMS INFLEXIBLE and HMS PELICAN during the First World War. (Manuscript) (JOD/312) Diary of The Battle of Bombardment of the Dardenelles dated 1915. (Manuscript) (JOD/313) Diary kept by Arthur Tatchell in 1917, with a full transcript and a photo. (Manuscript) (JOD/314) Diary of Mr Fowles on HMS AGAMEMNON and HMS PELORUS, with songs. (Manuscript) (JOD/315) Journal of a voyage to China in the PEGASUS. (Manuscript) (JOD/316) Diary and sketches by Engineer Captain Alfred William Littlewood. (Manuscript) (JOD/317) Journals and photos belonging to Stanley Lawrence Albert Ball on the MEDWAY and RMS MAURETANIA (Manuscript) (JOD/318) Journal kept by Claude Powter as a petty officer on HMS AGAMEMNON and HMS PELORUS, 1917-1919. (Manuscript) (JOD/319) 1915 Diary of R. Chapman, gunner, HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Manuscript) (JOD/320) Diary kept by James McKay aboard the LANCASTER. (Manuscript) (JOD/322) Diary dated 1887 on the SLIEVE BAWN by H B Sadler. (Manuscript) (JOD/323) Journal of Charles Henry Moberly and related papers. (Manuscript) (JOD/324) Diary kept by Thomas Edward Chilvers on the EMPIRE BAFFIN during a voyage from Middlesbrough to Murmansk, 1942. (Manuscript) (JOD/325) Two diaries belonging to Vice Admiral Rowley Lambert while Commander-in-Chief of the Detached Squadron. (Manuscript) (JOD/326) Journal kept by Private John C.Hatchard on HMS RAMBLER. (Manuscript) (JOD/327) A series of journals kept by George William Thorne on HMS IMPERIEUSE, HMS ROYAL ARTHUR and HMS EXCELLENT. (Manuscript) (JOD/328) A journal of occurrence kept by passenger R A Kerr while on the China Expedition. (Manuscript) (JOD/329) A journal kept by William Waunder on the proceedings of HMS WELLESLEY. (Manuscript) (JOD/330) Journal of Elisabeth Tchitchagoff, 1804-1805. (Manuscript) (JOD/331) A diary kept by Captain Stanley Algar while a Prisoner of War at the Milag Nord camp near Bremen. (Manuscript) (JOD/332) Journal kept by Lieutenant John Dennis Hickley during his Royal Navy Career and loose items from the journal. (Manuscript) (JOD/333) Travel Journal of Edward Hawke Locker, 1798, on tour around the UK with his father William Locker containing some of his first watercolour sketches. (Manuscript) (JOD/334) Diary kept by Charles Wheeler as a seaman on HMS ENDYMION, 1872. (Manuscript) (JOD/335) Journal kept by William Edward Mayes as master of the KEWADIN (Manuscript) (JOD/336) A journal of meteorological notes kept on HMS TALBOT as well as crew lists. (Manuscript) (JOD/337) The Voyage of 'The HARRY' of Swansea surviving three hurricanes told by Phil Jones. (Manuscript) (JOD/338) Diary of a voyage in the REWA by passenger Annie Elizabeth Paterson, London to Rangoon, 1892. (Manuscript) (JOD/339) Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson's journal, and transcription thereof, kept while aboard HMS ALERT, Nares Arctic expedition, 1876. (Manuscript) (JOD/340) Journal of Midshipman Othnel Mawdesley describing his capture and life as a prisoner of war in Spain. (Journal) (JOD/341) Diary kept by Charles Pettman on HMS SHEARWATER, 1908-1909. (Manuscript) (JOD/342) Diary of Tom Newman Evans on his voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, on board the RIMUTAKA. (Manuscript) (JOD/343) Journal of William Sangster, Engineer, 1832-1896, plus some loose pages and a photograph. (Manuscript) (JOD/344) Journals and related papers of Catherine Bridger, mariner, 1912-1963. (Manuscript) (JOD/345) Journal kept by Richard Relf, bandsman on HMS ROYAL ALBERT (Manuscript) (JOD/346) Journal kept by Frank Dawson, navigating officer apprentice with BP Tanker Co. Ltd. (Manuscript) (JOD/347) Journal of Alexander Loudon, purser on HMS ROMULUS, 1800-1801 (Manuscript) (JOD/349)

Diary kept by James Ford during submarine cable laying voyages, 1866-1868.

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