Engine Room log book SS WONGA WONGA and SS KAIKOURA

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Engine Room log book SS WONGA WONGA and SS KAIKOURA

Author William Gray (British)

Date1860s - 1870s

Object number00048037

NameManuscript

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 370 x 230 x 10 mm

ClassificationsBooks and journals

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Pat Mundle

Collections

Manuscript diaries, journals and logs

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DescriptionAn Engine Room log book from the 1860s and 1870s.HistoryThe log book relates to material from ship model maker E B Bell. It contains information from voyages of the SS FENWICK, SS NORTHUMBERLAND, SS AUCKLAND and HMS BRITON from the 1860s and the SS WONGA WONGA and SS KAIKOURA from the 1870s. The screw steamers operated from New Zealand. There are several specifications for the construction of screw steamers, two by James Laing at Deptford yard Sunderland for the mail service between San Francisco and Australia. The book also contains several poems with religious and nautical themes, some of which are annotated as being written whilst on various passages of the ships in the log book.SignificanceThis Engine Room log book is a rare copy of voyage details for several coastal and trans-Tasman steamships from the 1860s and 70s. It also contains poetry composed on these voyages.