Manuscripts

Journal, commissions and orders concerning His Majesty's ships the Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak

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Description: These two volumes record orders and naval operation while patrolling British waters in the Mediterranean during the war with Spain from 1717-1720. The first volume is a journal of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak, and the second journal contains commissions and orders concerning the same ships
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1717-1720.
Call number: mssHM 57347 (vols 1&2)
Creator: Winder, Joseph (active 1717-1720)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's, lot 45, via Maggs Bros., December 11, 1997.
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