HMS Driver : the first steam warship to visit Western Australia 1845
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AuthorRegehr, Mervyn BellDescriptionJames Bell, ship's carpenter aboard HMS Driver, deserted ship at Fremantle in December 1845. This account gives details of the ship, naval shipboard life, arrival at Fremantle, Bell's desertion, the ship's subsequent history, and a brief account of Bell's life in WA including his involvement with the escape of the Fenians. Includes extracts from the ship's logImprintUnpublished typescript printed and bound by author : 2000Collation17 p. : ill. ; 30 cmLanguageEnglishNotesJames Bell (1821 - 1911) was the author's great-grandfatherDewey Class910.45 BELPublication FormatBook
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Regehr, Mervyn Bell, HMS Driver : the first steam warship to visit Western Australia 1845. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/23722
