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War diary of Frederick Arthur Buckley (Volume 6), November 1916-May 1918.

Diary kept by Frederick Arthur Buckley, 18 November 1916 to 1 May 1918. During this period Buckley continued to serve on the battleship HMS VENERABLE (1899) with the Italian fleet at Taranto. After the VENERABLE paid off at Portsmouth he returned to the shore establishment HMS Excellent at Whale Island. He then served on the battleships HMS SUPERB (1907) and HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA (1913) based at Scapa Flow. The events include the loss of the battleship HMS VANGUARD (1909) following an internal explosion on 9 July 1917 and the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917.
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Object Details

ID: BUC/2/9
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Buckley, Frederick Arthur
Date made: 1904-1907; 1904-1910 1904-1933 1910-1914 1914 1914-1915 1915 1915-1916 1916-11-18 - 1918-05-01 1916-1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 volume
Parts: Personal diaries and journals of Frederick Arthur Buckley, 1904-1933. (Manuscript)