Log series (Westminster Press)
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The 'log' series of books were a series of at least 40 books written by members of the crew of various Royal Navy ships about their service between 1900 and 1909. They were published by Westminster Press
and 4 shillings each. The write up of the series at the back of the books say that only 'happy ships' were written up.
The following is a list of [most of the] books in the 'log' series:
Westminster Press
Westminster Press refers perhaps to one of these:* Westminster Press was a printing company in London run by Gerard Meynell, printer of the Imprint...
and 4 shillings each. The write up of the series at the back of the books say that only 'happy ships' were written up.
The following is a list of [most of the] books in the 'log' series:
- HMS ArgonautHMS Argonaut (1898)HMS Argonaut was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan and launched on 24 January 1898....
, China Station, 1900-1904. - HMS AstraeaHMS Astraea (1893)HMS Astraea was an Astraea class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, and survived to serve in the First World War.-Construction and commissioning:...
, China Station, 1899-1903. - HMS ArethusaHMS Arethusa (1882)HMS Arethusa was a second class cruiser of the Leander Class which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Napier, Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1882 and completed in Financial Year 1886-87. She remained in ordinary reserve at Chatham, being commissioned for the 1887, 1888,...
, went Round the World, 1899-1903. - HMS AmphionHMS Amphion (1883)HMS Amphion was a second class cruiser of the Leander Class which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard, being laid down in 1881, launched in 1883 and completed in financial year 1885-86, and then lay in ordinary at Devonport. She was commissioned for the 1887 and 1888...
, Pacific Station, 1901-1904. - HMS Archer, Australian Station, 1900-1904.
- HMS Archer & Karrakatta, Australian Station, 1900-1904.
- HMS Bonaventure, Pacific and China Stations, 1903-1906.
- HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (1899)HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London-class.-Technical description:...
, Flagship, Mediterranean Station, 1902-1905. - HMS CarnarvonHMS Carnarvon (1903)HMS Carnarvon was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She has been the only ship of the navy to be named after the town of Caernarfon in Wales. Launched in 1903, she served with the Mediterranean Fleet in the 3rd Cruiser Squadron until March 1907, and then joined the 2nd Cruiser...
, Mediterranean Station, 1905-1907. - HMS CumberlandHMS Cumberland (1902)HMS Cumberland was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built by London & Glasgow Co. and launched on 16 December 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, seeing service in the Cameroons...
, Mediterranean Station, 1904-1906. - HMS CaesarHMS Caesar (1896)HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar.-Technical description:...
, Mediterranean Station, 1900–1903. - HMS CrescentHMS Crescent (1892)HMS Crescent was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. Crescent, and her sister ship Royal Arthur, were built to a slightly modified design and are sometimes considered a separate class. She was built at Portsmouth and launched on 30 March 1892. As at 11 January 1895 she was leaving Australia...
, Cape Station, 1904-1907. - HMS Diana, Mediterranean Station, 1904-1606
- HMS Eclipse, China Station, 1901-1904.
- HMS FoxHMS Fox (1893)HMS Fox was a second class protected cruiser of the Astraea-class of the Royal Navy. The class represented an improvement on previous types, 1,000 tons displacement larger with better seaworthiness due to improved hull design...
, East Indies Station, 1901-1904. - HMS FloraHMS Flora (1893)HMS Flora was an Astraea class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 November 1893. She was constructed under the Naval Defence Act of 1889 along with several other Astraea class cruisers...
, Pacific Station, 1902-1905. - HMS GloryHMS Glory (1899)HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Glory and her five sister ships were designed for service in the Far East, where the new rising power Japan was beginning to build a powerful and dangerous navy, and to able to transit the Suez Canal...
, China Station, 1900-1904. - HMS GraftonHMS Grafton (1892)HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus...
, Pacific Station, 1902-1905. - HMS GoliathHMS Goliath (1898)HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. In the First World War Goliath took part in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River but unsuccessful to bombard the cruiser in the delta.On 13 May 1915...
, China Station, 1900–1903. - HMS HyacinthHMS Hyacinth (1898)HMS Hyacinth was one of the Highflyer class cruisers of the Royal Navy. She was built by the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow, being laid down in January 1897, launched on 27 October 1898 and commissioned in September 1900....
, Flagship, East Indies Station, 1903-1906. - HMS ImplacableHMS Implacable (1899)HMS Implacable was a Formidable-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, the second ship of the name.-Technical Description:HMS Implacable was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 13 July 1898 and launched on 11 March 1899 in a very incomplete state to clear the building way for construction of...
, Mediterranean Station, 1902-1905. - HMAS Karrakatta, Passage Home from Australia, 1904.
- HMS LancasterHMS Lancaster (1902)HMS Lancaster was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Armstrong and launched on 22 March 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, and survived to be sold for scrap on 3 March 1920 to Ward of Birkenhead & Preston....
, Mediterranean Station, 1904-1906. - HMS Naiad, East Indies and Mediterranean Stations, 1901-1904.
- HMS PerseusHMS Perseus (1897)HMS Perseus was a Pelorus class cruiser of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White...
, East Indies Station, 1901-1904. - HMS PandoraHMS Pandora (1900)HMS Pandora was a of the Royal Navy. There were eleven "Third class" protected cruisers in the class, which was designed by Sir William White...
, Mediterranean Station, 1901-1904. - HMS PhaetonHMS Phaeton (1883)HMS Phaeton was a second class cruiser of the Leander class which served with the Royal Navy.-Construction:She was built by Napier in Glasgow, being laid down in 1880, launched in 1883 and completed in 1886.-Acceptance Trials:...
, Pacific Station, 1900–1903 - HMS PelorusHMS Pelorus (1896)HMS Pelorus was the first of the , and was laid down at Sheerness dockyard in 1896. Completed and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 December the same year, it was designed by Sir William White. Construction cost £154,315. The ship was well armed for its size, but was primarily a workhorse for...
, Cape Station, 1904-1906. - HMS PelorusHMS Pelorus (1896)HMS Pelorus was the first of the , and was laid down at Sheerness dockyard in 1896. Completed and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 15 December the same year, it was designed by Sir William White. Construction cost £154,315. The ship was well armed for its size, but was primarily a workhorse for...
, Cape Station and Amazon journey. 1906-1909: Across a continent in a man-of-war: being the log of commission of HMS Pelorus 1906-1909 with a full account of her cruise of 2000 miles up the Amazon. - HMS RussellHMS Russell (1901)HMS Russell was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Russell was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow on 11 March 1899 and launched on 19 February 1902...
, Mediterranean Station and Atlantic Fleet, 1906-1908. - HMS Royal ArthurHMS Royal Arthur (1891)HMS Royal Arthur was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class, previously named Centaur, but renamed in 1890 prior to launching. Royal Arthur, and her sister ship Crescent, were built to a slightly modified design and are sometimes considered a separate class...
, Flagship, Australian Station, 1900-1904. - HMS Retribution, North America and West Indies Stations, 1902-1904.
- HMS RamilliesHMS Ramillies (1892)HMS Ramillies was a pre-dreadnought battleship of Royal Navy and part of the seven ship Royal Sovereign' class.-Technical Characteristics:...
, Mediterranean Station, 1900–1903. - HMS RenownHMS Renown (1895)HMS Renown was a predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. Third and last of the lightly armed, long-range Centurion class, she had an upgraded design compared to her two sister ships HMS Centurion and HMS Barfleur....
, Mediterranean Station and Voyage to India, 1900-1904. - HMS RepulseHMS Repulse (1892)HMS Repulse was a Royal Sovereign-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the tenth ship to bear the name HMS Repulse.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Repulse was ordered under the Naval Defence Act Program of 1889...
, Mediterranean Station, 1902-1904. - HMS SutlejHMS Sutlej (1899)Named after one of the five great rivers of the Punjab, HMS Sutlej was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser in the Royal Navy. She served with her sisters in the First World War, and was one of the three who survived the war. Already obsolete by the outbreak of war, she was sold on May 9, 1921 and...
, China Station, 1904-1906. - HMS Scylla, Newfoundland Fisheries, 1905-1906.
- HMS TalbotHMS Talbot (1895)HMS Talbot was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy.-Early career:She was commissioned on 15 September 1895 for service on the North America and West Indies Station...
, China Station, containing an account of the Battle of Chemulpho, as seen by the Ship’s Company, 1901-1904. - HMS VictoriousHMS Victorious (1895)HMS Victorious was one of nine Majestic-class predreadnought battleships of the British Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Victorious was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 28 May 1894 and launched on 19 October 1895...
, Mediterranean Station, 1899-1903.