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Published by A V Walker, London, 1950
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Undated collection of photocopied pages & diagrams realated to The Mining of HMS Hydra and pages 72 to 165 of a book by A V Walker on HMS Ready probably unpublished. Book.
Published by 1½ pages 11 x 7 inches, in good condition.
Seller: Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
On board the Hydra [Mediterranean, probably Gibraltar] August 1810. An uncommon signature. Admiral Sir George Mundy (1777-1861) joined the Navy at a young age and served in several of the principal actions of the French Revolutionary Wars, including the Battles of Cape St. Vincent and The Nile. He subsequently held a succession of frigate commands during the Napoleonic Wars and was active in the blockade of the French coast and in assisting Spanish irregular forces during the Peninsular War.