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Lot Essay
H.M.S. Black Prince was the sister ship of H.M.S. Warrior, the world's first ironclad capital ship, now preserved in Portsmouth.
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A 19TH CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN'S LOG BOOK
kept by Naval Cadet Frank H. Barnett over five years for H.M.Ships Black Prince (23 March -- 23 May, 1865) ; Caledonia (24 May -- 14 July); Achilles (21 July -- 18 Dec 1867) and Pylades (19 Dec -- 31 Nov 1870), numerous drawings, maps and scale deck plans/arrangements of some vessels, green Morocco quarter calf binding with gilt-block lettering to spine (spine worn)
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kept by Naval Cadet Frank H. Barnett over five years for H.M.Ships Black Prince (23 March -- 23 May, 1865) ; Caledonia (24 May -- 14 July); Achilles (21 July -- 18 Dec 1867) and Pylades (19 Dec -- 31 Nov 1870), numerous drawings, maps and scale deck plans/arrangements of some vessels, green Morocco quarter calf binding with gilt-block lettering to spine (spine worn)
See illustration
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