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11. Add MS 89230/3/3

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Title:
HMS Triumph Volume Three (Pacific Station)
Scope & Content:
Volumes 7-9 of Markham's Triumph journal, documenting his time in the Pacific Station. Commences on 2 February 1881, whilst stationed at Callao to observe the hostilities between Chile and Peru. The Triumph then travelled, anchoring at Coquimbo and Valparaiso, with Markham making several on sho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1881-Nov 1881
Extent:
1 volume, plus inserts (282 folios)

12. Add MS 89230/3/4

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Title:
HMS Triumph Volume Four (Pacific Station)
Scope & Content:
Volumes 10-12 of Markham's Triumph journal, documenting his time in the Pacific Station. The journal opens with an entry dated 1 December 1881, and picks up following the on board explosion in November, providing details of the aftermath and investigations. The Triumph made north towards Panama...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1882
Extent:
1 volume, plus inserts (230 folios)

13. Add MS 89230/3/5

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Title:
HMS Vernon Volume One (Naval Torpedo Establishment)
Scope & Content:
First volume of Sir Albert Markham's journal as Captain of the torpedo school at the navy shore establishment at Portsmouth, in command of HMS Vernon. The journal opens on 27 November 1882, following Markham's return from the Pacific Station. From November to February 1883 Markham assumed the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1882-Jul 1884
Extent:
1 volume

14. Add MS 89230/3/6

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Title:
HMS Vernon Volume Two (Naval Torpedo Establishment)
Scope & Content:
Second volume of Sir Albert Markham's journal as Captain of the torpedo school at the navy shore establishment at Portsmouth, in command of HMS Vernon. The first entry is dated 18 July 1884, and the closing entry 26 May 1886. At its close Markham reflects on the development of torpedo work dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1886
Extent:
1 volume

15. Add MS 89230/3/7

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Title:
HMS Active Volume One (Training Squadron)
Scope & Content:
First volume of the journal documenting Albert Markham's time as Commodore of the Training Squadron, consisting of HMS Active (his flagship), Volage, Rover (later replaced by the Ruby), and Calypso. The journal opens on 10 November 1886, and documents the following: Markham's first voyage to the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1886-May 1888
Extent:
1 volume

16. Add MS 89230/3/8

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Title:
HMS Active Volume Two (Training Squadron)
Scope & Content:
Second volume of the journal documenting Albert Markham's time as Commodore of the Training Squadron, consisting of HMS Active (his flagship), Volage, Rover (later replaced by the Ruby), and Calypso. The journal opens on 4 May 1888, and documents the following: the Active's summer cruise for 188...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1888-Nov 1889
Extent:
1 volume

17. Add MS 89230/3/9

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Title:
HMS Trafalgar Volume One
Scope & Content:
Volumes 1 to 3 of Markham's journal documenting his time as Rear Admiral and second-in-command in the Mediterranean. Markham's flagship was the Trafalgar, but at various points between 1892 -1893 he transferred to the Phaeton, the Australia and the Nile. Markham was made Rear Admiral in January ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1892-Jan 1893
Extent:
1 volume, plus 10 folios

18. Add MS 89230/3/10

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Title:
HMS Trafalgar Volume Two; plus Camperdown and Nile
Scope & Content:
Continuation of Markham's journal documenting his time as Rear Admiral and second-in-command in the Mediterranean. It opens with volume four of Markham's journal on board the Trafalgar, with entries from 25 January 1893 to 24 May. On 25 May Markham transferred his flag to HMS Camperdown. During ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1893-May 1894
Extent:
1 volume, plus 12 folios

19. Add MS 89230/3/11

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Title:
Commander in Chief at the Nore
Scope & Content:
Vice-Admiral Albert Markham's journal of his time as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, the first entry dated November 1901 and closing on 17 August 1902. The journal contains detailed entries describing Markham's daily activities, naval manoeuvres and gunnery practice, visits to ports and naval e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1901-Aug 1902
Extent:
1 volume, plus 5 folios

20. Add MS 89230/3/12

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Title:
Draft excerpt from The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Scope & Content:
Typescript draft of ME and FA Markham, The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham (Cambridge University Press, 1927). The section describes the events surrounding the sinking of the Victoria, and details the manoeuvres of the fleet, and the subsequent court marshall upon return to Britain. In the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 file