Catalogue description Log of the Midsummer Blossom

This record is held by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society

Details of 0135
Reference: 0135
Title: Log of the Midsummer Blossom
Description:

This collection consists of a single log of the bark Midsummer Blossom, trading between Whitby and Memell, kept by Robert Swales, master. It Includes sailing directions from the Naze of Norway north about to St Georges Channel.
Date: 1769
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Swales, Robert, fl 1769, master of the bark Midsummer Blossom
Physical description: 1 item
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Sea transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The bark Midsummer Blossom was built in Whitby in 1766. By 1787 her owners were William Atty, gent, Henry Lacy and John Lacey, ropemakers.
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