Lot 15
Royal Navy.- HMS Syren.- Clements (Michael).- Syren Journal 2:d Part, manuscript log book signed at end "Michael Clements", 1749-50.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000
Description
Royal Navy.- HMS Syren.- Clements (Michael, naval officer, b. in or before 1735, d. c. 1797).- Syren Journal 2:d Part, manuscript log book signed at end "Michael Clements", 2 titles and 88pp., ruled throughout, some ff. slightly stained, browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, folio, 1749-50.
⁂ Regular observations on the weather, destinations, work on the rigging and general observations on other ships etc.
The log book begins at the port of Madras, where the Syren was moored. She then patrols through different ports in India and nearby waters, including Pondicherry, Bombay and Surattan, and arrives in the Congo and Gabon, then back to Bombay. On February 10, 1750, enemy ships are spotted and the Syren attempts to chase them, but they eventually escape. The Syren was sold by the navy in 1764.
Description
Royal Navy.- HMS Syren.- Clements (Michael, naval officer, b. in or before 1735, d. c. 1797).- Syren Journal 2:d Part, manuscript log book signed at end "Michael Clements", 2 titles and 88pp., ruled throughout, some ff. slightly stained, browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, folio, 1749-50.
⁂ Regular observations on the weather, destinations, work on the rigging and general observations on other ships etc.
The log book begins at the port of Madras, where the Syren was moored. She then patrols through different ports in India and nearby waters, including Pondicherry, Bombay and Surattan, and arrives in the Congo and Gabon, then back to Bombay. On February 10, 1750, enemy ships are spotted and the Syren attempts to chase them, but they eventually escape. The Syren was sold by the navy in 1764.
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