Sir Richard Haddock (1629-1715), admiral: journal kept in the company of Sir Anthony Deane (c1638-1721) detailing a journey to buy timber and plank to build 30 ships for the Navy 1677 (JOD/305)
John Hudson (fl 1862), businessman: journal of a voyage to China in HMS Pegasus, featuring a detailed description of the practice of slave ships sending a decoy ship ahead to divert the attention of naval patrols 1862 (JOD/316)
Letter from John and Phoebe Diggle to their son, John Diggle (c1809-1847), ship's cook on board HMS Terror, one of the ships of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of 1845 1845 (AGC/D/12/1-3)
Papers rel to the sale of the Cutty Sark 1922-1938 (REG17/000389.1-18)
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