General Instructions and Port Orders. Portsmouth Station. 1854.fight

8vo. pp. 71; hand coloured signal flags. Contemporary half calf, rear cover stained and worn, with old damp staining internally. Manuscript inscription to title page ““The Flag Lieutenant” nemo me impune lacessit”, some paper damage where the colouring on flags has adhered to the opposite page. One overlay correction regarding the use of proper signals when leaving port. Rare, no locations traced for this edition, the National Maritime Museum holds a later edition for 1857. Intended for use when in port and not to be retained on board “The Captain or Commanding Officer of the Ship to which this Book may be issued, is requested to cause it to be kept from being soiled, or written upon, or damaged in any way; and he will be careful to return it, under cover, to the Commander-in-Chief’s Office, at least 24 hours before the Ship proceeds to Sea.” label to front pastedown. Detailed orders and instructions for the use of all vessels and personnel in port. “I, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.B., Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron of Her Majesty’s Fleet and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels on the Portsmouth Station, am desirous of partaking in the advantages with the risks attendant thereon, arising out of the conveyance of Freight of Treasure, in any of the Ships or Vessels in the Squadron. And I hereby engage to make good to the Captain or Captains, Officer or Officers commanding such Ships or Vessels respectively, any part of such Loss or Damage for which he or they may be liable, in respect to the Gold, Silver, Treasure, or other articles carried on Freight, and which he or they respectively shall have actually paid and satisfied, as shall be in proportion to the Share or Interest in the said Freight Money to which I may be entitled. Thomas John Cochrane.” label to front pastedown.

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Publisher: Portsmouth: printed by W.H. Charpentier, 1854.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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