HMS Pearl, steamship (1855-1884)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1855 - 1884
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fonds
Admiral Henry Duncan Grant (1834-1896): Journal when Third Lieutenant on HMS Pearl with the Central American Squadron 1855-1857
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9531
Scope and Contents
A daily journal kept on board HMS Pearl, December 1855 - August 1857, 234 pages. The daily journal begins with the ship’s fitting out and victualing at Woolwich and Spithead and later participation in the grand naval review at Portsmouth before Queen Victoria on 23 April 1856, on the occasion of the end of the Crimean War. The journal covers the voyage to Central America, where the Pearl cruised northwards from Panama to the coasts of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala and southwards to...
Dates:
1855 - 1857
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Cambridge University Library