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Lot Essay
This chronometer is recorded in the records of the Royal Observatory Greenwich but is not marked with the Government Mark signifying it was government property. However, its service record with the Royal Navy from 1817 until its disposal in 1855 is as follows.
It was issued to the following H.M. Ships:
1817: H.M.S. Semiramis, 5th Rate, 36 guns, Captain Sir James Yeo RN, stationed on the Coast of Africa.
1819: H.M. Surveying Ship Shamrock, Captain Martin White RN, based at Plymouth, surveying the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. The early 19th Century British Admiralty Charts of these locations - particularly the off-shore soundings - were all the work of Captain Martin White. He was also issued with Arnold No. 138 and Arnold No. 410.
1823: H.M.S. Owen Glendower, 5th Rate, 36 gun frigate, Captain Sir Robert Mends RN Commodore of the British Naval Squadron on the West Coast of Africa. Arnold 368 was issued to him 16 January 1823 and he died onboard H.M.S. Owen Glendower 4 September 1823.
1823: H.M.S. Bann, 6th Rate, 20 guns, Captain George W.C. Courtenay RN, he was the Senior Officer on the African Station during the Ashantee War. He captured two Brazilian slave ships with 728 slaves onboard. Arnold 368 was issued to him 21 October 1823.
1825: H.M.S. Dispatch, Brig-sloop 18 guns, Captain Robert White Parsons RN, on the Irish Station where he captured a smuggling lugger, under French colours, with 400 bales of tobacco onboard. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 30 November 1825.
1828: H.M.S. Blonde, 5th Rate, 46 guns, Captain Sir Edmund Lyons RN. In October 1828, after having for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, Blonde co-operated with the French in the siege of Morea Castle, the last stronghold of the Turks in Peloppnnisus. In 1829 H.M.S. Blonde distinguished herself by being the first British man-of-war to have entered the Black Sea. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 21st April 1828.
1836: H.M.S. Madagascar, 5th Rate, 46 guns, Captain Sir John S Peyton RN, on the West Indies Station. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 5 September 1836.
1849: H.M.S. Inflexible, paddle-wheel sloop.
1850: H.M. Surveying Ship Firefly, surveying in the Irish Sea.
On the 18th June 1855 the Royal Navy exchanged Arnold 368 with Charles Frodsham for a new chronometer.
It was issued to the following H.M. Ships:
1817: H.M.S. Semiramis, 5th Rate, 36 guns, Captain Sir James Yeo RN, stationed on the Coast of Africa.
1819: H.M. Surveying Ship Shamrock, Captain Martin White RN, based at Plymouth, surveying the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. The early 19th Century British Admiralty Charts of these locations - particularly the off-shore soundings - were all the work of Captain Martin White. He was also issued with Arnold No. 138 and Arnold No. 410.
1823: H.M.S. Owen Glendower, 5th Rate, 36 gun frigate, Captain Sir Robert Mends RN Commodore of the British Naval Squadron on the West Coast of Africa. Arnold 368 was issued to him 16 January 1823 and he died onboard H.M.S. Owen Glendower 4 September 1823.
1823: H.M.S. Bann, 6th Rate, 20 guns, Captain George W.C. Courtenay RN, he was the Senior Officer on the African Station during the Ashantee War. He captured two Brazilian slave ships with 728 slaves onboard. Arnold 368 was issued to him 21 October 1823.
1825: H.M.S. Dispatch, Brig-sloop 18 guns, Captain Robert White Parsons RN, on the Irish Station where he captured a smuggling lugger, under French colours, with 400 bales of tobacco onboard. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 30 November 1825.
1828: H.M.S. Blonde, 5th Rate, 46 guns, Captain Sir Edmund Lyons RN. In October 1828, after having for some time blockaded the port of Navarin, Blonde co-operated with the French in the siege of Morea Castle, the last stronghold of the Turks in Peloppnnisus. In 1829 H.M.S. Blonde distinguished herself by being the first British man-of-war to have entered the Black Sea. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 21st April 1828.
1836: H.M.S. Madagascar, 5th Rate, 46 guns, Captain Sir John S Peyton RN, on the West Indies Station. Arnold No. 368 was issued to him 5 September 1836.
1849: H.M.S. Inflexible, paddle-wheel sloop.
1850: H.M. Surveying Ship Firefly, surveying in the Irish Sea.
On the 18th June 1855 the Royal Navy exchanged Arnold 368 with Charles Frodsham for a new chronometer.