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Lot 670

A LATE 19TH CENTURY LOG BOOK OF A NAVAL CADET ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON

the 'Log of the proceedings of HMS Bellerophon 78 Guns R.L. Baynes Esq. C.B. Captain Commencing October 2nd 1847 and ending 6th October 1848 Kept by John P. Gardiner Naval Cadet', bound in blue calf, 33cm long; together with photo of H.M.S. Bellerophon (2)

Estimate: £200 - £400
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

HMS Bellerophon was built in 1818 at Portsmouth dockyard and was named after the ship that served with Nelson at Trafalgar. She was involved in the Syrian campaign (1840) and Crimea including the siege of Sebastopol (1854). She was finally broken up in 1892.



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