Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1854-1856, vol. 5
| Author/creator | Crowe, James Henry 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/memoir-of-james-henry-crowe-master-mariner-1854-1856-vol.-5/20688814 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2336 |
| 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. |
| General note | AMDigital Reference:BGR/52/5. |
| General note | National Maritime Museum, UK: Biographies (BGR). |
| Original version | Reproduction of: Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1854-1856, vol. 5, 1854-1856. |
| Location of original | National Maritime Museum, UK |
| Copyright note | © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |