WORLD WAR II, MEDITERRANEAN THEATER: BRITISH NAVAL LOG BOOK, 1938-1940.

Journal for the use of Midshipmen. British Ship, at sea, January 24th 1938 to January 7th 1940.

Journal for the use of Midshipmen. British Ship, at sea, January 24th 1938 to January 7th 1940. Official manuscript logbook for Andrew J. Boyd, on board HMS Malaya and Maidstone, on patrol in the Mediterranean. Folio. 330 x 200 mm. Illustrated with 13 pen and ink maps of Malta and other Mediterranean ports, and 8 pencil and watercolor sketches. Admiralty issue half cloth, the cover label and spine signed A.J.Boyd, lightly rubbed.
Provenance: Andrew J. Boyd, Midshipman British Navy.

The journal covers the action and events on board H.M.S. Malaya and the Maidstone, while on patrol in the eastern Mediterranean, up to and beyond the declaration of war with Germany, with particular detail about incidents off Palestine.