This log kept my Midshipman R. H. Hammond chronicles the HMS Mars on its journeys in the Mediterranean from March 1861 through December 1862. The Mars was launched in 1848 and is the sixth ship in the British Royal Navy using this name. Besides documenting travels to Tripoli in Libya, Larnaca in Cyprus, Latakia in Syria, and Sidon and Beyrout (Beirut) in Lebanon, the log also contains manuscript charts and ink sketches of ports.
The HMS Mars was a two deck 80 gun ship of the Royal Navy. It was launched at Chatham Dockyard in 1848 and served as a supply carrier in the Crimean War. In 1855 the ship was fitted with screw propulsion and saw service in the Mediterranean.In 1869 the HMS was moored in River Tay and served there until 1929 as a training ship until it was towed away and broken up.
"260 pages of hand written log of HMS Mars (80 guns) 1861/82
Including 9 original maps and charts, and 10 original pen and ink sketches. Neatly kept and informative by.
Launched in 1848"
- Written on the first page of the logbook.
May 14, 2020, 0.10 cubic feet; This log kept my Midshipman R. H. Hammond chronicles the HMS Mars on its journeys in the Mediterranean from March 1861 through December 1862. The Mars was launched in 1848 and is the sixth ship in the British Royal Navy using this name. Besides documenting travels to Tripoli in Libya, Larnaca in Cyprus, Latakia in Syria, and Sidon and Beyrout (Beirut) in Lebanon, the log also contains manuscript charts and ink sketches of ports. Purchased with state funds from Ten Pound Island Book Company.
Purchased from Ten Pound Island Book Company
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023.
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