Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Watch, quarter and station bill of H.M.S. Dido.
Published / Created:: Great Britain, circa 1840.
Physical Description:: 1 volume (28 pages) ; 16 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA88 .W38 1840
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:: Manuscript volume giving the position of sails and men for different situations aboard ship, including "Getting underweigh," "Furling sails," and "In bracing up for casting." Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate several of the settings. The H.M.S. Dido, an eighteen gun corvette, was launched in 1836 and decommissioned in 1860.
Subject Terms:: Dido (Ship : 1836–1860) -- History -- Sources. | Great Britain Navy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Great Britain Navy -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Form/Genre:: Notebooks. | Ink drawings.