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Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1854-1856, vol. 5 : Memoirs and Narratives 1854-1856.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowe, James Henry, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2336
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Business.
- England.
- China.
- Australia.
- Commerce.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Volume 5 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1854-1856. This volume describes a voyage on the HURKARU (1853) from Melbourne to Hong Kong, then home to London. During a typhoon in the South China Sea, the ship was thrown on her beam ends and dismasted. Later Crowe supervised the completion of the EARL OF WINDSOR (1855) by the Willmett shipbuilding yard at Newport, Monmouthshire, and was master on her maiden voyage to Calcutta.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:BGR/52/5.
- National Maritime Museum, UK: Biographies (BGR).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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