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Date(s)
- 1810-1812. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
89 ff. ; 320 x 200 mm. Pre-printed log book, vellum covers with double blind fillets.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr J. H. Thomas; Waunfawr, Aberystwyth; Purchase (with NLW MSS 15458-62); February 1953
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Scope and content
Log book, 1810-1812 (watermarks 1807, 1809), of the sailing ship 'Lord Nelson', employed by the Admiralty transporting cargo including provisions, soldiers, horses and mules, mainly in connection with the Peninsular War, usually sailing in convoy and with Naval escorts.
The ship sailed from Deptford to Gibraltar, Dec. 1810-April 1811 (ff. 1-13); to Valetta, Messina and Cadiz, May-Oct. 1811 (ff. 15 verso-39); from Gibraltar to Portsmouth, Dec. 1811-Jan. 1812 (ff. 41 verso-50); then back to Gibraltar, Feb.-April 1812 (f. 52-61). She spent the remainder of 1812 in the Mediterranean, visiting Palma (Majorca), Mahón (Minorca), Alicante, Palermo and Messina (ff. 61-89). The volume also acts as a harbour log, recording extended stays at Valetta, May-Aug. 1811 (ff. 20 verso-25), Gibraltar, Oct.-Dec. 1811 (ff. 39-41) and Mahón, May-July 1812 (ff. 64-66). The volume is written in a hand resembling that of NLW MS 15462D.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 15463D.
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Name access points
- Lord Nelson (Sailing vessel) (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2006.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;