Papers and letters

Item author: Admiral Lord Hawke
Item date: 1743 - 1762
Grant Value: 250
Item cost pre-decimal: Not recorded
Item date acquired: 1970
Item institution: National Maritime Museum
Town/City: London

19 volumes of Hawkes official correspondence during his period as Captain and Flag Officer. The papers throw much light on the hard work of one of the greatest sea captains of the 18th century, best known for his victory at Quiberon Bay 1759