Desertion and the North American squadron of the Royal Navy, 1745-1812

HMS Eagle with HMS Tartar and convoy in distance, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 13 June 1776. Used by permission of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. LOG N/E/10, "Logbook of HMS EAGLE, kept by Quinton Hamilton, England to Halifax, with daily sketches of ship, 1778.
 

By Martin Hubley with the assistance of a Nova Scotia Museum research grant

Welcome to our online exhibit making accessible British archival records relating to the crews of vessels which served on the Halifax station.