A MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNAL FOR H.M. SHIPS NELSON & DRAKE kep...

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A MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNAL FOR H.M. SHIPS NELSON & DRAKE


kept by W. St. G. Abbott between May 15th 1911 and October 1911 aboard Nelson and 7th December 1911-30th August 1913 aboard Drake in a neat hand and liberally tipped with watercolour and ink charts, technical drawings throughout; together with Abbott's service log and diary for H.M.S. Marshal Ney from commissioning on 31st August 1915 to February 1916 containing photographs, cuttings and other ephemera of his life as the ship's Lieutenant in a small ships company whilst on Dover Patrol and includes descriptions of his actions and visits ashore, accounts of an air raid and action off the Belgium coast including press clippings showing Marshal Ney under shell fire.


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23rd Apr 24 at 10am BST

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