Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1854-1856, vol. 5

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Title
Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1854-1856, vol. 5
Reference
BGR/52/5
Collection
  • National Maritime Museum, UK: Biographies (BGR)
Document Type
  • Memoirs and Narratives
Date
1854-1856
Description
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.
Theme
  • Trade