Maritime History: What's New 1997

Chronological

1997-12-30 Maritime History:

• Transciptions from the Boston Daily Atlas 1850-1856.

1997-12-30 Naval History:

• Swedish Merchant Navy Losses During the World War I

1997-11-29 The Duties of Officers and Men from the Observations and Instructions, 1804:

• Orders to the Surgeon.

• Orders to the Purser.

• Orders to the Mates and Midshipmen.

• Orders to the Boatswain.

• Orders to the Carpenter.

1997-09-09 Articles by Duncan MacLean in the Boston Daily Atlas:

• The New Clipper Ship Flying Cloud, of New York. April 25, 1851.

• The New Clipper Ship Bonita, of Boston. June 11, 1853.

• The New Clipper Ship Challenge, of New York. June 16, 1851.

• The New Clipper Ship John Gilpin, of Boston. September 23, 1852.

• The New Clipper Ship Climax. March 26, 1853.

• The New Clipper Ship Swallow, of New York. April 21, 1854.

1997-09-05 Etymology:

• Definition of the Principal Terms used in the Theory and Practice of Shipbuilding from Hedderwick: Marine Architecture (1830).

1997-08-23 Maritime History: The Collision between the Bruiser and the Haswell August 19, 1866. From The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.

• 1866-08-20: Maritime Intelligence.

• 1866-08-21: Maritime Intelligence.

• 1866-08-21: The Fatal Collision at Sea.

• 1866-08-22: Maritime Intelligence.

• 1866-08-31: Maritime Depositions.

• 1866-09-12: The Late Collision Between the Bruiser (s) and the Haswell (s), off the Suffolk Coast.

• 1866-09-17: Official Inquires: The Collision between the Bruiser (s) and the Haswell on the Suffolk Coast. The statement of Wm. Slaughter, the Second Mate of the Haswell.

• 1866-09-17: Official Inquires: The Collision between the Bruiser (s) and the Haswell on the Suffolk Coast. The statement of John Scott, Mate of the Bruiser.

1997-07-09 Seamanship:

• Sjöexpeditioner och exercis med Kongl. Flottans bevärade fartyg 1852., from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet, 1853. [In Swedish]

• Hurtige Manoeuvrer, Excerpt from the Russian Nautical Journal for August 1862. From Tidsskrift for Søvæsen, 1853. [In Danish]

1997-06-28 Seamanship:

• Stowage of jute from Stevens' On Stowage of Ships, 1869.

• Stowage of jute from Stevens' On Stowage of Ships, 1894.

1997-06-28 Biography:

• Amiral Gustaf Psilander (1669-1738), from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Årg. 1 (1836). [In Swedish]

1997-06-28 Rigging:

• Forbes' nya takling, from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Årg. 16 (1853). [In Swedish]

1997-06-13 Naval history:

• Report from the Victory after the Battle of Trafalgar.
Naval Chronicle, Vol. 15 (1806), pp 34-35.

• Popham's Capture of Cape Town. Copy of a Letter received this day by Captain Downman, from Sir Home Popham, K.M., Captain of His Majesty's Ship Diadem, to W. Marsden, Esq.; dated on board the said Ship, in Table Bay, the 13th January 1806.
Naval Chronicle, Vol. 15 (1806), pp 248-250.

• Popham's Capture of Cape Town. Copy of a Letter from Commodore Sir Home Popham to William Marsden, Esq.; Dated on board His Majesty's Ship Diadem, Table-bay, March 4, 1806.
Naval Chronicle, Vol. 15 (1806), p 437.

• Capture of Copenhagen 1807. Copy of a letter from Admiral Gambier to the Hon. William Wellesley Pole, dated on board his Majesty's Ship the Prince of Wales, off Copenhagen, the 20th October, 1807.
Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 430-431.

• The Late Danish Fleet. List of the Danish fleet, with the names of the English ships by which they were fitted for sea.
Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), p 378.

• Launch of the Caledonia. A 120-gun ship launched at Plymouth, on the 25th of June 1808.
Nautical Chronical, Vol. 20 (1808), p 60.

• List of Ships of War, which were lying in the Tagus, 1806.
Naval Chronicle, Vol. 18 (1807), p 229-230.

• List of the Danish Navy, in the Year 1692.
Naval Chronicle, Vol. 18 (1807), p 279.

1997-06-04 Sailing ships:

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Finnish iron and steel square rigged sailing ships. A catalogue of 129 Finnish owned iron or steel square rigged sailing ships acquired between 1894 and 1935.

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Swedish iron and steel square rigged sailing ships. A catalogue of 90 Swedish owned iron or steel square rigged sailing ships acquired between 1875 and 1930.

1997-05-19 Sailing ships:

• R.W. Leyland & Co., Liverpool. Fleet-list of sailing ships owned 1878-1912.

• Killick, Martin & Co., London. Fleet-list of sailing ships owned 1863-1886.

1997-05-07 Sailing ships:

• Devitt & Moore, London. Fleet-list of sailing ships owned 1863-1922.

1997-04-22 Shipbuilding:

• On the Mode of Improving the Navy by Gabriel Snoddgrass.

Appendix, No. II. Extracts from the Eleventh Report of the Commissioners of the Land revenue, and of the Appendix to that Report.
Appendix, No. V. Letter from Mr. Snodgrass to the Admiralty Board, dated Feb. 13, 1795.
Appendix, No. VI. Letter from Mr. Snodgrass to the Society for Improvement of Naval Architecture.
Appendix, No. VIII. Copy of a Letter from Captain Lowis to Mr. Snoddgrass, respecting the Ship "Woodcot", July 4, 1795.

1997-03-20 Etymology:

• A Dictionary of Technical Terms Relative to Sails from Robert Kipping: The Elements of Sailmaking, 1847.

1997-03-15 Rigging:

• John C.B. Jarvis' Patented Brace Winch, 1890.

• Review of An Essay on the Construction of the Sails of Ships and Vessels by Malcolm Cowan from the Naval Chronicle Vol. 15 (1806).

• Testimonials regarding Captain Cowan's sails.

1997-01-26 Rigging:

• Forbes: The Forbes and the Howe Rig, 1855.

• Letter from R.B. Forbes to Captain Bradbury, 1855.

• A Letter from Geo. H. Bradbury to R.B. Forbes, 1855.

1997-01-25 Bibliography:

• 18th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries, a bibliography.

• 19th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries, a bibliography.

1997-01-25 Rigging:

• Griffiths: Improvements in Masts and Spars for Ships, 1855.

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Bibliography

1997-01-25: • 18th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries, a bibliography.; • 19th Century Maritime and Naval Dictionaries, a bibliography.

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Biography

1997-06-28: • Amiral Gustaf Psilander (1669-1738), from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Årg. 1 (1836). [In Swedish]

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