Watch, quarter and station bill of H.M.S. Dido, circa 1840
- Title(s):
- Watch, quarter and station bill of H.M.S. Dido.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, circa 1840.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (28 pages) ; 16 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA88 .W38 1840Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11112653
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Manuscript volume giving the position of sails and men for different situations aboard ship, including "Getting underweigh," "Furling sails," and "In bracing up for casting." Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate several of the settings. The H.M.S. Dido, an eighteen gun corvette, was launched in 1836 and decommissioned in 1860.
- Subject Terms:
- Dido (Ship : 1836-1860) -- History -- Sources.Great Britain Navy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Great Britain Navy -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
- Form/Genre:
- Notebooks.
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