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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers Logbook Collection
Creator:
Hammond-Chambers, R. H. B.
Identifier/Call Number: SC.RHB
Extent:
0.92 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1897-1901
Abstract: R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers served on the
H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Plyades, H.M.S. Blake, and H.M.S. Duke of Wellington in the
region of Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He kept these
logbooks, dated November 4, 1897 to February 15, 1900 and February 15, 1901 to August 15,
1901 during his service.
Language of Material: English
R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers served on the H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Plyades, H.M.S. Blake,
and H.M.S. Duke of Wellington in the region of Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.
R. H. B. Hammond-Chambers served on the H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Plyades, H.M.S. Blake,
and H.M.S. Duke of Wellington in the region of Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries. He kept these logbooks, dated November 4, 1897 to February 15,
1900 and February 15, 1901 to August 15, 1901 during his service. In them he writes of
routine duties including cleaning the ship, taking leave, inspection, regular prayer, and
distribution of payroll. He also noted the ships' coordinates and locations, uniform
changes, squalls and other weather events, passage through the Suez Canal, and his arrival
in Sydney on the H.M.S. Royal Arthur. Less frequent activities, including pistol practice,
the drilling of small arm companies, and sightings of foreign ships, especially French and
German, are also mentioned. The logbooks include several hand drawn and colored maps, some
of which show the ships' route around various regions, including the coast of Australia, the
Mediterannean, the coasts of Spain and France, Northern Africa, and the Indian Ocean.
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