Journal kept as a lieutenant training in torpedoes on HMS ANTRIM, 1913-1914

Journal kept by Captain Gordon Reinhold Bald while in HMS ANTRIM. The journal covers visits to Denmark, time spent at Sheerness and Cromarty, and the outbreak of war in 1914. He also records ANTRIM capturing a German merchant ship on 6 August 1914 and an unsuccessful attack by German submarine U-16 in the North Sea on 9 October 1914. The volume also contains a 4 June 1914 letter on Nicolas Marset, Algeciras, Spain headed paper to Commander E.L. Kennedy.

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ID:	BLD/2
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Bald, Gordon Reinhold
Date made:	1913-12-25 - 1914-11-08
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 volume
Parts:	Bald, Gordon Reinhold, Captain, 1895-1956 (Manuscript) Journal kept as an officer in training, HMS GRAFTON, 1903-1904 (Manuscript) (BLD/1) Journal kept as a lieutenant training in torpedoes on HMS ANTRIM, 1913-1914 (Manuscript) (BLD/2) Journal kept on HMS ANTRIM, 1914 - 1915 (Manuscript) (BLD/3) Royal Navy certificates of service covering Gordon Reinhold Bald's career (Manuscript) (BLD/4) Letters and documents covering Captain Gordon Reinhold Bald's life and naval career including his return to service during the Second World War (Manuscript) (BLD/5) Letters from Captain Gordon Reinhold Bald to his father during early career and photograph of HMS BRITANNIA cadets (Manuscript) (BLD/6) Letters, documents and ephemera covering Captain Gordon Reinhold Bald's naval career (Manuscript) (BLD/7) Letters and photographs covering Captain Gordon Reinhold Bald's education and naval career (Manuscript) (BLD/8)

Journal kept as a lieutenant training in torpedoes on HMS ANTRIM, 1913-1914

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