Journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58.

Service Career 1841-75: journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58.

ID:	DAW/4
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dawkins, Richard
Date made:	1856-1858-12-31; 1856-01-01 - 1858-12-31 1856-1858
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Dawkins, Richard, Rear-Admiral, 1828-1896. (Manuscript) Service Career 1841-75: commission and certificates covering whole of Dawkins naval career, including Freemasonry documents. (Manuscript) (DAW/1) Journal, 1851-55, while serving in the MODESTE. (Manuscript) (DAW/2) Journal kept on board steam floating battery GLATTON which served in the Crimea, 1855-56. (Manuscript) (DAW/3) Journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58. (Manuscript) (DAW/4) Station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861. (Manuscript) (DAW/5) Report to the Court Martial, Parliamentary return, 18 Feb 1876, and a copy of an act of 1747 for government of HM Ships, etc. (Manuscript) (DAW/6) Press cuttings 1875-76. (Manuscript) (DAW/7) Drafts and printed copies of Captain Dawkins memorial to the Admiralty, 1877. (Manuscript) (DAW/8) Notebooks containing Dawkins own account of the loss of the VANGUARD and the proceeding following the loss, n.d. (Manuscript) (DAW/9) Papers marked by Dawkins 'Important papers-VANGUARD', containing mainly semi-technical information about ship and circumstances of collision, n.d. (Manuscript) (DAW/10) Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, from Captain Dawkins to Mrs Dawkins during the summer of 1875 both before and after the collision, and in 1876. (Manuscript) (DAW/11A) Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins immediately after the collision, September 1875. (Manuscript) (DAW/11B) Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins after court martial findings, Oct 1875. (Manuscript) (DAW/11C) Letters received by Dawkins after 1875, chiefly about further employment. (Manuscript) (DAW/12) Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857. (Manuscript) (DAW/13) Correspondence with the National Maritime Museum, personal letters, sea shanties and sketches. (Manuscript) (DAW/14-17)

Journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58.

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