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Records of the HCS Northumberland
MSS 266

Collection Title

Records of the HCS Northumberland

Collection Identifier

MSS 266

Inclusive date(s)

1812 to 1974

Extent and Medium

1 box

Creator(s)

Category

Military

Subject: Terms(s)

Subject: Person(s)

Subject: Organisation(s)

Subject: Ship(s)

Collection Description

Logbook of HCS Northumberland on a return voyage to England via St Helena under Captain J. R. Franklin from Thursday 19 March 1812 to Tuesday 21 July 1812.

Acquisition Details

Acquired by the Academy Library in 1985.

Scope and Content

Logbook for part of the third voyage of HCS Northumberland on her return trip to England from Madras and Bengal under Captain J. R. Franklin from Thursday 19 March to Tuesday 21 July 1812.

HCS Northumberland was chartered by the East India Company from the managing owner William Masson, sailing from Portsmouth on 14 March 1810 and anchoring at Downs, England on 21 July 1812. She was armed and sailed in convoy under a commodore.

There is also a typescript extract from the logbook and a letter from the National Maritime Museum, London, giving particulars of her six voyages.

Access Restrictions

Other

Open access

Reproduction Restrictions

No copying is permitted without the permission of the copyright owners

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

The Academy Library holds the following ships' journals and logs in Special Collections:
John L. Allen at MSS 144
G. K. Dickson at MSS 222
Clement Richardson at MSS 264
HMS Pegasus at MSS 267
H. D. Wilkin at MSS 271

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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