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	2012/010
	This volume of photographs records a two-year voyage around the coastline of North and South America, passing through the Caribbean and navigating the Panama Canal, undertaken by HMS Dauntless in the early 1930s. Able Seaman A Hislop provides photographic evidence of the voyage though he may not have taken all the pictures himself. Fortuitously a Commission Book for the 1930-1932 cruise was discovered by the family of Frank Taylor when they were researching their ancestor’s time on HMS Dauntless during WW2, information from which is given here: http://www.frankstaylorfamilyandroyalnavyhistory.net/HMSDauntless/HMSDauntless1930-1932/Part1PacificCruise.html. This has been used to find additional information for these catalogue descriptions. The Commission book refers to the 'eager amateur photographers amongst the crew' so photographs may have been shared and duplicated. Commission Books came from a naval tradition of producing special commemorative books to record voyages with an informal narrative, and these can include photographs. HMS Dauntless was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company of Jarrow, and was launched on 10 April 1918. It was used during WW2 then broken up for scrap in 1946. For a period in the 1930s, this vessel was based at the America and West Indies Station which was a command of the Royal Navy, first established in 1745 to counter French ambitions in North America and finally dis-banded in 1956.
	1930-1932
	Panama El Salvador USA Canada ALASKA Jamaica Bermuda Trinidad & Tobago St Vincent Colombia Belize Antigua St Lucia Grenada Montserrat Brazil Argentina Falkland Islands Chile Peru
	1 volume
	1 volume with brown cover consisting of 60 pages and containing 311 b&w photographs. 309 of these are pasted into the album, and 2 are loose. There are 2 pieces of paper attached to the cover containing notes written in ink: 1. 'HMS Dauntless 1930 - 32. A Hislop AB' (added when volume was put together) 2. 'A fine photograph album picturing the Ports of Call of HMS Dauntless 1930 - 1932 (no actual Naval interest). Panama - USA - Canada - Alaska - Canada - USA - Jamaica - Bermuda - Tobago - Trinidad - St Vincent - Belize - Bahamas - Antigua - Monserrat - St Lucia - Grenada - S America (Rio - B Aires) - Falkland Islands - Chile - Peru - etc etc. A lovely album with fine photos from many smaller islands.' (added at a later date)
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	A Hislop
	Able Seaman A Hislop compiled this album of over 300 photographs recording the Ports of Call of the Royal Navy Cruiser HMS Dauntless as she patrolled the America and West Indies Station between 1930 and 1932. Unfortunately, as this item was a purchase, there is no further information held about A Hislop.

Poem called 'The Jutland Battle' Group of people at a dance, Gibraltar Promenade at Colon, Panama Main Street, Colon, Panama Row of houses, Colon, Panama Cristobel, Colon, Panama Statue of de Lesseps, Colon, Panama Lock exit, Panama Canal Culebra Cutting, Panama Canal Gaillard Cutting, Panama Canal Locomotive used to manoeuvre ships, Panama Canal Emergency dam, Panama Canal Roadside stall, La Libertad, El Salvador School children at La Libertad, El Salvador Ship at La Libertad, El Salvador Central Park, Los Angeles, USA Monument, La Libertad, El Salvador Local scene, La Libertad, El Salvador General view, Los Angeles, USA Venice Beach, Los Angeles, USA City Hall, Los Angeles, USA Spring Street, Los Angeles, USA Street in Los Angeles, USA Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Parliament Buildings illuminated, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada General view, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Esquimalt, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Tree felling at Comox Logging Camp, Canada Ship at Comox Logging Camp, Canada Tree felling at Comox Logging Camp, Canada Tents at Comox Logging Camp, Canada Comox Logging Camp, Canada Elephant Point, Wrangall, Alaska Pier, Wrangall, Alaska Totem poles at Wrangell, Alaska Residence of Indigenous family at Wrangell, Alaska Street in Wrangell, Alaska HMS Dauntless in harbour, Nanaimo, Canada General view, Nanaimo, Canada HMS Dauntless in harbour, Nanaimo, Canada Residential area, Nanaimo, Canada Main street, Nanaimo, Canada Main street, Juneau, Alaska Pier, Juneau, Alaska Ship in harbour at Juneau, Alaska Gold mine, Juneau, Alaska General view, Juneau, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska Auk Lake, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska Salmon Cannery, Sitka, Alaska Russian Church, Sitka, Alaska Entrance to Lovers Lane, Sitka, Alaska Grindstone, Sitka, Alaska HMS Dauntless, Sitka, Alaska View with ship, Vancouver, Canada Overhead view of Vancouver, Canada Harding Memorial, Vancouver, Canada War Memorial, Vancouver, Canada Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada View of main street, Astoria, USA Street scene, Astoria, USA Memorial, Astoria, USA Band playing on jetty, Astoria, USA Road in Astoria, USA General view over San Francisco Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Russ Building, San Francisco View towards Aquarium, San Francisco Stanford Memorial Church, San Francisco View across San Francisco showing skyscrapers War Memorial, San Francisco View of Taylor Building, San Francisco View down Market Street, San Francisco General view, San Francisco General view, Kingston, Jamaica Local school children, Kingston, Jamaica Queen Victoria Memorial, Kingston, Jamaica Local children, Kingston, Jamaica HMS Dauntless at Kingston, Jamaica HMS Dauntless in Dock, Bermuda Mangrove Bay, Bermuda Canteen Lagoon, Bermuda General view of Hamilton, Bermuda Front Street, Bermuda Local man on pony in Tortola, British Virgin Islands Hospital in Tortola, British Virgin Islands Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Foreshore, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Main street, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Beach, Tobago Beach, Tobago HMS Dauntless, Tobago Bay, Tobago Local family group, Tobago Bathing party, Tobago Sunset, Trinidad Street scene, Trinidad War Memorial, Trinidad General view, Trinidad Group of local children, Trinidad Women washing clothes at sugar plantation, Trinidad Factory at sugar plantation, Trinidad Transporting sugar cane at plantation, Trinidad Factory at sugar plantation, Trinidad Transporting sugar cane at plantation, Trinidad Entering harbour at Siparia, Trindad Rail terminus, Siparia, Trinidad Indian woman, Siparia, Trinidad Sailors marching, Siparia, Trinidad Wedding cakes, Siparia, Trinidad Family group, Siparia, Trinidad River, Siparia, Trinidad Local wedding, Siparia, Trinidad Road, Siparia, Trinidad Child's funeral, Siparia, Trinidad Foreshore at St Vincent HMS Dauntless, St Vincent Bay, St Vincent Main street, St Vincent Cathedral, St Vincent Government Square, Santa Marta, Colombia Cathedral, Santa Marta, Colombia Memorial, Santa Marta, Colombia Colombian soldiers on parade, Santa Marta, Colombia Memorial, Santa Marta, Colombia View over cotton field, Costa Rica Transporting bananas, Costa Rica Shed at side of railway, Costa Rica Shipping bananas, Costa Rica Stacks of bananas, Costa Rica General view, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Palm trees, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Local Boy Scouts, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Local housing, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Pier, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Railway, Porto Limon, Costa Rica Coffee plantation, Costa Rica Coffee plantation, Costa Rica Coffee plantation, Costa Rica Child beneath tree, Costa Rica Women washing clothes, Costa Rica Houses with water butts, Belize Main street, Belize St Mary's Church, Belize Dance hall after hurricane hit, Belize Debris after hurricane, Belize Maritime building, Vera Cruz, Mexico Lighthouse building, Vera Cruz, Mexico Statue, Vera Cruz, Mexico View towards the sea, Vera Cruz, Mexico Promenade, Vera Cruz, Mexico General view, Santa Barbara, USA Pier, Santa Barbara, USA HMS Dauntless, Santa Barbara, USA Spanish Courthouse, Santa Barbara, USA Spanish Mission, Santa Barbara, USA HMS Dauntless at Mobile, USA Beacon building, Mobile, USA Tree-lined road, Mobile, USA Main street, Mobile, USA Azalea tree, Mobile, USA St Andrew's Church, Tampa, USA HMS Dauntless, Tampa, USA Overhead view of Tampa, USA Street scene, Tampa, USA General view, Tampa, USA Road towards War Memorial, Nassau, Bahamas Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas Residential area, Nassau, Bahamas Silk cotton tree, Nassau, Bahamas General view, Nassau, Bahamas Antigua Dockyard Nelson's house, Antigua Dockyard Nelson's house, Antigua Dockyard Capstans, Antigua Dockyard Damaged building, Antigua Dockyard Sunset at Montserrat View at Montserrat War Memorial, Plymouth, Montserrat Scarborough Law Courts, Montserrat Foreshore at Scarborough, Montserrat HMS Dauntless at St Lucia Road, St Lucia Group of women selling fish, St Lucia Gardens, St Lucia Park, St Lucia Harbour at Grenada Market, Grenada Local woman, Grenada Landscape, Grenada Main street, Grenada Part of fishing catch Fishing boat Captain holding up large fish View of Graf Zeppelin View of Graf Zeppelin Main street, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil General view, Pernambuco, Brazil Public buildings, Pernambuco, Brazil Monument, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil View from river, Pernambuco, Brazil Technical College, Port Natal, Brazil Main street, Port Natal, Brazil Group of local children, Port Natal, Brazil Group of local families, Port Natal, Brazil Local housing, Port Natal, Brazil Crossing the line of the Equator Crossing the line of the Equator Crossing the line of the Equator Crossing the line of the Equator Crossing the line of the Equator General view, Rio de Janeiro Main street, Rio de Janeiro Congress Building, Rio de Janeiro Colonial-style building, Rio de Janeiro Dockyard, Rio de Janeiro View of Corcorvado through trees, Rio de Janeiro Corcorvado Memorial, Rio de Janeiro Corcovado Memorial, Rio de Janeiro Sugar Loaf mountain, Rio de Janeiro View across Rio de Janeiro Group of seals, Maldonado, Uruguay Seal on rock, Maldonado, Uruguay Circular pen on sea shore, Maldonado, Uruguay Group of seals, Maldonado, Uruguay Lone seal on rock, Maldonado, Uruguay Main street, Buenos Aires Plaza del Congreso, Buenos Aires Ornate Memorial, Buenos Aires General view, Buenos Aires Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires Palermo Gardens, Buenos Aires Palermo Rose Garden, Buenos Aires Torre Monumental, Buenos Aires Meat factory, Buenos Aires Charabanc outing, Buenos Aires Cathedral, San Nicolas, Buenos Aires Gardens, San Nicolas, Buenos Aires HMS Dauntless, San Nicolas, Buenos Aires General view, Diamante, Buenos Aires Wharf at Diamante, Buenos Aires Promenade, Rosario, Argentina Rose gardens, Rosario, Argentina General view, Rosario, Argentina Overhead view, Rosario, Argentina Main street, Mar del Plata, Argentina Road towards harbour, Mar del Plata, Argentina Casino, Mar del Plata, Argentina Statue of woman, Mar del Plata, Argentina Seaside gardens, Mar del Plata, Argentina Foreshore, Mar del Plata, Argentina General view, Pyramidea Water tower, Pyramidea Woman in overcoat, Pyramidea Police Barracks, Pyramidea Main street, Pyramidea HMS Dauntless, Falkland Islands General view, Falkland Islands Road lined with houses, Falkland Islands Cathedral, Falkland Islands Group of French sailors, Falkland Islands French ship called 'Jeanne d'Arc', Falkland Islands Penguins at Falkland Islands HMS Dauntless, Falkland Islands HMS Dauntless, Falkland Islands HMS Dauntless, Falkland Islands Magellan Straits Magellan Straits Magellan Straits Magellan Straits Magellan Straits Tennis courts and promenade, Talcahuano, Chile General view, Talcahuano, Chile HMS Dauntless in dry dock, Talcahuano, Chile Main street, Talcahuano, Chile Talcahuano, Chile Plaza Victoria, Valparaiso, Chile Ceremonial archway, Valparaiso, Chile Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile Beach, Valparaiso, Chile Plaza O'Higgins, Valparaiso, Chile Coastline, Valparaiso, Chile Port Taltal, Chile Bay, Port Taltal, Chile Harbour, Port Taltal, Chile Main street, Port Taltal, Chile Coast line, Port Taltal, Chile Bay, Arica, Chile Main street, Arica, Chile Shark at Arica, Chile General view, Arica, Chile Alacran Island, Arica, Chile HMS Dauntless in bay, San Juan, Peru Young seal, San Juan, Peru Young seals, San Juan, Peru Birds, San Juan, Peru Birds, San Juan, Peru Government Palace, Lima, Peru Government Palace, Lima, Peru Plaza San Martin, Lima, Peru San Martin Square, Lima, Peru Memorial in Lima, Peru Oil refinery, Talara Bay, Peru Gasolene Works, Talara Bay, Peru Nitrate works at Port Taltal, Peru Balboa HMS Dauntless at Balboa