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Narratives


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 HSR/A-F

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Narratives

Date(s): 1596-[1916]

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 42 items

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

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CONTENT

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The earliest item in this category is an account of the capture of Cadiz, 1596, with a list of ships taken and burnt. There are four documents relating to the seventeenth century, including a short report to the King of the Four Days Battle, June 1666, signed by Prince Rupert (1619-1682) and the Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670). Among the seventeen eighteenth-century documents are an extract from the journal of Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743), May to July 1708, relating to the battle of Cartagena and the subsequent courts martial of two of his subordinates; a report of the battle of Minorca, 1756, criticising the conduct of Admiral John Byng; an account of the battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759, with a list of the French fleet; an account of the proceedings of the MONMOUTH, May 1759 to June 1760, during the blockade of Brest; and a journal of the mutiny at the Nore, 1797, probably kept by an aide-de-camp to Sir Charles Grey (1729-1807). The fourteen nineteenth-century documents include a description of the events of the war between Denmark and England, 1801; an account of an attack on and destruction of a French convoy off Toulon and in the Bay of Rosas, 1809, written by an unnamed officer of the LEVIATHAN; and the last record of the expedition in search of the North-West Passage led by Sir John Franklin in the EREBUS and TERROR. It was deposited by Lieutenant Graham M Gore (d [1847]) on King William Island, 28 May 1847, and added to by Captain Francis R M Crozier ([1796]-1848) and Captain James Fitzjames (1813-1848) after abandoning their ships, 26 April 1848, recording the death of Franklin and other members of the expedition. In April 1859 it was found by Lieutenant William Hobson (1831-1880) of the FOX. Among the six items relating to the twentieth century are a typescript report, in English, of the actions between the Russians and Japanese at Chemulpo and Port Arthur, February 1904; and an account of the battle of Jutland, 1916.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jul 2011.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Naval battles | Battles
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Administration of justice

Personal names
Byng | John | 1704-1757 | Admiral
Crozier | Francis Rawdon Moira | c 1796-1848 | Captain RN
Franklin | Sir | John | 1786-1847 | Knight | Rear Admiral | Arctic explorer
Monck | George | 1608-1670 | 1st Duke of Albermarle | General | Admiral x Albermarle | 1st Duke of
Rupert | 1619-1682 | Prince of the Rhine
Wager | Sir | Charles | 1666-1743 | Knight | Admiral

Corporate names

Places
Denmark | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
France | Western Europe | Europe
Spain | Western Europe | Europe
Arctic