Handwritten Logbook of HMS Mermaid, January 1, 1800-April 28, 1802.

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Author: Robert Dudley Oliver ((1766-1850) Year: 1800-1802 Publisher: Self published Place: London Description: 250 unnumbered pages of manuscript entries with drawings of elevations on free endleaves. Folio (12 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in contemporary canvas, ties intact in a custom enclosure. original hand written logbook on hand-ruled laid paper. The Mermaid was a thirty-gun frigate launched in 1784 and broken up after the end of the War of 1812. During the period covered by the present log, she was on blockade duty off the coast of Spain and in the Mediterranean Sea, busy capturing and destroying hostile vessels, including French, Neapolitan and Spanish merchant ships, working vessels, and privateers. Some of these adventures required sea chases and other forms of maritime attack, and all are recorded in the log. The list of unfortunates appears at the end of the text in a handy chart: List of Vessels Captured Recaptured by His Majesty's Ship Mermaid since her arrival in the Mediterranean 12th June 1799, which includes sixty-two ships in total. Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars with distinction, seeing action several times during his career, particularly with the fleet in the Caribbean during 1782. After briefly serving in the War of 1812 off the coast of Virginia, Oliver retired from the Navy, settli

• Binding: Hardcover

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