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MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNALS FOR H.M.S. OCEAN
H.M.S. OCEAN, PRINCE GEORGE, PHAETON & COLOSSUS. Journal for the use of Midshipman and compiled by Maurice W.B. Harvey, 15 leaves, 4 August 1914-31 May 1915, original half buckram. Hervey on the Ocean, part of the 7th Battle of Squadron, witnessed the declaration of war on 4 August 1914, and after battle and firing practice convoyed a number of ships to Gibraltar. After a week in Malta he is next found in Aden where he is deputed to accompany a few other ships in Karachi, but left the convoy to escort another troop convoy to Bahrain. He is later under bombardment by the Turks at Fao and there, at Toussoum on the Suez Canal, found engagements against the Turks, initially unsuccessful but ultimately devastating with huge Turkish losses. He is next to be found in the Dardanelles, where fierce fighting erupted and many allied shipping sunk owing to the extreme accuracy of the Turkish guns; together with a printed small volume From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles. A Midshipman's Log, based on Hervey's log on the Ocean, folio - 12¼ x 8in. (31 x 20.5cm.)
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