Major Accessions to Repositories 1996 relating to Maritime History
National, Special and University
Sir Walter Raleigh, naval commander and author: misc papers rel to him 16th-17th cent
James Horsburgh, East India Company hydrographer and geographer: letterbook and notebook 1796-1823 (MSS Eur F305)
Henry Bell Wortley, naval architect: papers c 1888-1920 (Add 9356)
S Osborne, naval cadet: log books from HMSs Sans Pareil , Bellerophon , Victory and Exmouth during Crimea and Baltic campaigns 1853-56 (Add 9364)
GA Douglas: naval log books of HMSs Impérieuse and Coromandel during Taiping Rebellion 1861-65 (Add 9378)
Sir Andrew Snape Hamond (1738-1828), naval captain and MP and his son Sir Graham Eden Hammond (1779-1862), admiral: corresp and papers (Add 9394)
Captain Charles Sotheby: naval letterbook of HMS Seringapatam 1826-27 (Add 9416)
Henry T Ellis: naval journals kept aboard HMS Styx during Kaffir and Burmese Wars 1852-53 (Add 9420)
Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville (1882-1949) (addnl): papers (SMVL)
Lt-Commander Norman William Rockingham: papers 1943-44
Thomas Turton Jones, ship repairer: notebook 1893-95 (IMS 257-58)
Rear-Admiral Arthur Seymour Bolt: night order book aboard HMS Theseus during Korean war 1950-51
Commander Henry Dudley Graham de Chair: journal 1935-39
Captain Russell Grenfell, RN: diary and papers incl some copies 1916-45
Commander Arthur John Cinnamond Pomeroy: papers rel to career with Royal Naval Reserve 1926-50
Rear-Admiral William Halford Selby: memoirs 1902-56
Rear-Admiral John Charles Warsop: MS notes on the new officer structure in the Navy 1994
Joseph Pape: journal kept while POW 1799 (X96/033)
JK Tower: letters written to Lt JM Treleaven 1946-50 (X96/034)
George William Woolcott, evangelist: diary c 1828 (X96/035)
Unattributed journal kept aboard the Iron Duke 1871-72 (X96/036)
Francis Reynalds, master mariner: diary 1796-1810 (X96/050)
Unattributed journal (transcript) kept during the Cartagena expedition 1740-41 (X96/073)
Mercutio , barque: account book 1845-54 (DX/1594)
Edward Roberts: typescript of corresp of WWII merchant seamen internees in France and Germany (DX/1585)
Merchant Navy: blacklist of offenders not to be employed on government requisitioned vessels 1897-1952 (DX/1600/R)
Fraser v Nevins, Welsh & Co, Liverpool: case records c 1870-87 (B/NEV)
James Starkey: typescript volume of his travels 1836-45 (DX/1615)
Robert Adamson, ship's engineer: log written while aboard Guion Line SS Nevada 1887-89 (DX/1668)
Albion , barque: misc records incl accounts, captain's corresp, receipts and insurance policies (D/ALB)
Marco Polo : log of a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne 1853
International Whaling Commission (addnl): records (DG 2, 3)
International Whaling Commission, International Decades of Cetacean Research: whale assessment surveys records (DG 7)
John Scott, official secretary to Nelson on board HMS Victory : letterbook rel to his private prize agency for flag officers in the Mediterranean fleet 1803-05 (1996/1)
Admiralty papers rel to boat construction (MS 571)
Samuel Collier, Royal Navy Mechanician candidate: notebooks covering course work in marine engineering c 1909-17 (MS 2091)
J Foster Petree: papers rel to his involvement with Junior Institution of Engineers and the Society for Nautical Research (MS 2032)
Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew (1760-1834) (addnl): papers (MS 2030)
John Ricketts Vezey, cable engineer: papers rel to submarine telegraph and telephone cables c 1920-40 (MS 2028)
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Admiral (addnl): letters rel to ship ventilation 1848-52 (GD233)
John Wilson Croker, secretary to the Admiralty: corresp with Lord Palmerston rel to military and political matters 1810-56 (MS 273)
Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom: records incl those of predecessor bodies 19th-20th cent (MSS 367)
Shipbuilding and Allied Industries Management Association: misc records 1975-93 (MSS 370)
Surgeon-Captain Thomas Latimer Cleave (1912-83), RN: corresp and papers (PP/TLC)
Local Repositories in England
John Cawley & Co, ship builders, Northwich: account book 1844-51 (Acc 5302)
HM Customs and Excise (addnl): Maryport and Silloth port records 19th-20th cent (TRS7)
Naval Construction & Armaments Co Ltd, Barrow in Furness: letterbook 1893-94 (BDX 325)
Wallace Tivey, seaman: letters to his wife 1931-52 (D4567)
Institute of Maritime Studies, University of Plymouth: student and other records 18th-20th cent (2087, 2134)
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery: records rel to the Royal Navy 1581-17th cent (2103)
Merchant Navy Association, Plymouth branch: records 1988-94 (2107)
North-Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee: files 1895-1992 (CC/SF Acc 8057)
Margaret Cook , brig: log 1850-52 (MC 661)
Local Repositories in Wales
Registry of British ships, Cardigan transaction register 1855-1969 (TSR)
Barry Pilotage Board: registers and minutes of pilots' meetings 1889-1968 (Acc 1996/123)
Local Repositories in Scotland
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Arbroath branch: records 1854-1983
Local Repositories in Guernsey and the Isle of Man
James Peter Caplin Priaulx Raban (1918-96), maritime historian and Anglican clergyman: research papers incl some rel to privateers (AQ 098-102)
Isle of Man Steam Packet Co records 1829-1960 (Acc 9694)
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