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R.B. Hosking retired in 1924 as Paymaster Rear Admiral having served aboard H.M.S's Britannia & Edinburgh
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A midshipmans log
written, illustrated and photographed by R.B. Hosking between 1909 and 1924 containing day-to-day notes and a wealth of paintings and photographs taken aboard and ashore in various international locations, with group shots of crew and domestic life at home, card pages bound within leather-covered hard boards -- 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.5cm.)
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written, illustrated and photographed by R.B. Hosking between 1909 and 1924 containing day-to-day notes and a wealth of paintings and photographs taken aboard and ashore in various international locations, with group shots of crew and domestic life at home, card pages bound within leather-covered hard boards -- 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.5cm.)
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