Diary of William Mason, HMS MEGAERA
| Author/creator | Mason, William author. |
| Other author | Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/documents/detail/diary-of-william-mason-hms-megaera/20564103 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2148 |
| Summary | Diary kept by William Mason, a crew member on the iron screw troopship HMS MEGAERA (1849), 27 April to 2 October 1871. The entries cover the period during which the MEGAERA was beached as unseaworthy on St Paul's Island in the Indian Ocean. The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co passenger liner MALACCA (1866), which was chartered by the British Government to rescue the stranded survivors, reached Sydney on 2 October. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:JOD/261/1. |
| General note | National Maritime Museum, UK: Journals And Diaries (JOD). |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Diary of William Mason, HMS MEGAERA, 1871. |
| Location of original | National Maritime Museum, UK |
| Copyright note | © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |