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Horatio Thomas Austin log of the HMS Salamander (Steam Sloop) and the HMS Medea (Steam Sloop)
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- Description
- The present volume contains meticulously detailed ships' logs for the Steam Sloop HMS Salamander (April 10, 1833 - February 14, 1834) and the Steam Sloop HMS Medea (February 15-October 17, 1834) during the time each was commanded, in succession, by Captain Austin. During this period the ships were stationed primarily in British home waters: at Plymouth, Woolwich Dockyard, the Thames, and the Channel, and briefly off the coast of northern Spain. Included are fifteen miniature watercolor paintings of ships, coastlines, and the sea.
- Production date
- 1833-1834.
- Call number
- mssHM 70180
- Provenance
- Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 24 September 2007.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm :
- Associated people
- Congdon, Theodore G.,
- Congdon, Theodore G.,
- Congdon, Eleanor S.,
- Congdon, Eleanor S.,
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