2 October 2018
The Fly was a 3rd class sailing cutter of 60 tons. Walter joined her as an Ordinary Seaman in the Limerick District which covered the whole […]
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2 October 2018
On the 14th of June 1880 I counted one of thirty boys drafted to HMS Valiant, a coast guard ship of that period, included in the […]
2 October 2018
On the eighth of October 1878, with my mother’s consent and blessing, I kissed her goodbye and set out for Devonport to join the Royal Navy. […]
18 September 2018
Early Recollections In the year 1862 I first saw the light of day, and beheld the sun, moon, and stars from my father’s home overlooking the […]
18 September 2018
Walter Benson Hunkin was born in 1862, the son of Matthew Hunkin of Mevagissey, in Cornwall. Matthew was a Master Mariner and the son of John Hunkin, […]
21 August 2018
Any reader of Patrick O’Brien’s Jack Aubrey novels will understand the elegant coincidence that Charles Darwin (a naturalist born in 1809) and James Williamson (a surgeon […]
21 August 2018
We have added a new section which contains a transcription of the diaries of Walter Benson Hunkin, originally of Mevagissey in Cornwall. He served aboard the last […]
21 August 2018
As well as re-presenting Maritime Views we have taken the opportunity to add some more material for some of our existing stories. One of these is […]
19 August 2018
Negro song. Jack Ass, wid a long tail, Bag o’ Caco coming down. Dey teas-y me, dey worry me Dey take my dandy from me. Jack […]