• Title
  Frederick Howard log of HMS 'Herald', 1852-1854
• Creator
  Frederick Howard, -1892
• Call number
  MLMSS 7079/Box 1X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1852-1854
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  413974
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Between 1852 and 1861 HMS 'Herald', under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, undertook an important series of hydrographic surveys amongst the island groups of the South Pacific and in the waters adjacent to Australia. Frederick Howard joined HMS 'Herald' in 1852 as Master's Assistant. He was appointed acting Second Master in 1853 and Master in 1860.
• Scope and Content
  The log covers the period 26 December 1852 to 16 December 1854. During this time the 'Herald' visited Sydney, Bass Strait, Lord Howe Island, Isle of Pines, New Zealand, Raoul Island, Fiji and Vanuatu.
• Finding Aids
  Transcript available online - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D18421/a1091.html
• General note
  
  For a full description of the voyage see: Andrew David. The voyage of HMS Herald, Miegunyah Press, 1995.
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4195, frames 12-146. Digitised from microfilm copy.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823399
• Name
  Denham, Henry Mangles, 1800-1887
  Herald (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Hydrographic surveying--Pacific Area.
  Logbooks.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3442462

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