Adlib Internet Server 5

Select

937539

Title
Captain's logbook on H.M.S. Herald, 1 January 1849-22 May 1851
Creator
H.M.S. Herald
Call number
MAV/FM4/2111
Status: unavailable
Level of description
fonds
Date

1849-1851
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
937539
Physical Description
1 microfilm reel of textual material - positive
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

H.M.S. Herald was under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, 1845-1851, and from May 1848 was engaged in two voyages to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin.
Scope and Content
The log is written in two handwritings
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply: Not to be reproduced without the permission of the Admiralty Library
Original held by
Original in the Admiralty Library, London (Adm. 74/9)
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-247B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
General note

Filmed by A. L. Faber, London, 1963 (Microfilm no. 143 of A. L. Faber Microfilm Library)
Name
Kellett, Henry
Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847
Subject
Logbooks--Great Britain.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Ocean travel.
Search and rescue operations.
Place
Arctic regions

Details