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Major accessions to repositories in 1999 relating to Maritime History |
Local
- W Thomas & Sons, ship builders, owners and managers, Amlwch (addnl): records 1852-1992
- Board of Trade: Anglesey marine maps and plans 1856-1970
- Beaumaris Port: ships fees and deeds books 1906-88
- Bristol Sailors Home: minutes and financial records 20th cent (Acc 41332)
- Faversham Oyster Fishery Co: records (4 bdls) 1702-1903 (U3477)
- Smeed, Dean & Co Ltd, ship and boat builders, Murston: daybook 1894 (U3455)
- Board of Trade: marine maps relating to Cardiganshire c1860-1967 (AT/MBT, Acc 1146)
- Customs and Excise, Northwest: records incl approvals, sufferings and rulings, ships' entry and report book, reports and misc staff records c1850-1972 (NZ)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Barrow: returns of service log 1997-99
- R & H Jefferson, wine merchants and ship owners, Whitehaven: ship's log, deeds and papers rel to estates in Antigua c1830-60 (YDB 18)
- Board of Trade: marine maps 19th-20th cent (5845)
- Commissioners of the Admiralty: letters and proposals for the rigging of ships submitted to the commissioners 1822-23 (5866)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Brixham: shipping register index, baggage and sufferance book, warehouse register 1850-1969 (3287add2)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Dartmouth: records incl registers rel to shipping, salaries, seizures, deceased seamen, Crown property and warehouses 1823-1973 (3308 add2)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Exmouth: shipping registers index 19th-20th cent (5897)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Salcombe: shipping registers index, fees and deeds book c1850-1988 (3309 add)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Teignmouth: shipping registers index 20th cent (3328add)
- Customs and Excise, Port of Torquay : letter book, Class registers c1850-1933 (5898)
- Sir R Ropner & Co (Management) Ltd, shipowners and shipping agents, Darlington: records c1880-1960
- James Tubb, mariner, Newhaven: letters while on the schooner Lewes Castle to his future wife, Mary Hoadley of Newhaven 1843 (A7819)
- Board of Trade: marine maps 1824-1987 (A7955)
- Hastings borough: certificate of the bailiff and jurats sending details of their muster (not attached) to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1496 (A7808)
- Lewis Hutton, Leigh-on-Sea: certificate of service in the Royal Navy and personal log book 1876-82
- Customs and Excise, Liverpool: records rel to Chester ships and to North Wales 1846-1970
- River Dee: records rel to ships incl log books and cargo books 1893-1973 (Coppack MSS)
- Board of Trade: marine maps and plans, incl of docks, harbours and railways, rel to Glamorgan area c1860-1970 (Acc 1999/68)
- Cardiff Pilotage Authority: records 1863-76 (Acc 1999/63)
- HMS Raleigh: log book 1875-76 (D340 Acc 8203)
- Henry W Steel, Royal Navy: letters to his mother, Mrs Thomas Steel of Mathern and Caerwent c1842-48
- Aled Eames (b 1921), maritime historian: papers (XM10787)
- Seiont II Maritime Trust (addnl): records (XM4088, XS2065)
- Board of Trade: marine maps and plans (XBT Marine Maps)
- Sir Owen Aisher, yachtsman: yachting papers incl boat plans, log books and corresp rel to Americas Cup (17 boxes, 9 vols) (86M99)
- Board of Trade: marine maps rel to Crown foreshore and navigation in tidal waters (119 rolls) 19th-20th cent (88M99)
- Board of Trade: Isle of Wight marine maps (517) 1852-1968 (AC 99/60)
- Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club: minutes, accounts, membership records and corresp 1872-1998 (JA/267)
- Customs and Excise: ships' fees and deeds books for Fleetwood, Lancaster and Preston 1920-88 (SS 7, 10-11)
- Fleetwood Fishing Vessel Owners Association: records incl minutes and registers of members and vessels 1907-79 (DDX 1263)
- Board of Trade and successor departments: marine maps 1849-1972 (BOT)
- Royal Naval School and Scholarship Fund: records 1833-1966 (A99/116)
- Boston shipping registers (addnl): account books 19th-20th cent (MSR/Boston)
- Board of Trade and successors: marine maps (Acc 1999/8)
- HMS Eaglet: misc records and photographs (Acc 1999/13)
- Kings Lynn Conservancy Board: records 1855-c1990 (Acc 1999/67, 91)
- Barnstaple shipping register 1910-87 (3318add)
- Grimsby Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (addnl): cash book 1946-97 (340 (addnl))
- Board of Trade: marine maps and plans of the Lincolnshire foreshore 1850-1970 (NELA 1127)
- Northumberland Royal Yacht Club: records 19th-20th cent (NRO 5478)
- Blyth Harbour Commissioners (addnl): records 19th-20th cent (NRO 5451)
- Board of Trade: marine maps
- Bent family of Tamerton Foliot: family and Royal Naval papers c1840-90 (Acc 2487)
- Torpoint Steam Ferry Co: papers 1899-1905 (Acc 2478)
- Board of Trade: marine maps (56A)
- Joseph Cawte Butler, Southampton: diary of emigration voyage to New Zealand with his wife Jane, nee Tiller, and family (typescript copy) 1883 (D/Z 1036)
- More-Molyneux family of Loseley Park (addnl): family and estate papers, incl papers of Sir William More (1520-1600), Sir George More (1553-1632) and Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux (1838-1904) c1506-1935 (6729)
- Henry Neep,sailor: papers 1914-19 (DE5686)
- William Renwick, ships and general smith, Winlaton: order book 1917-26 (DX937)
- Tyne Pilotage Authority: records 20th cent
- Year of Maritime Discovery 1992-93: records rel to Sail Training Association and Tall Ships Race (DX975)
National
- Denis Liddell: naval diary 1706
- Sir Francis Charles Bridgemen Bridgeman (1848-1929), admiral: papers
- Martin James Evans, captain RN: papers 1918-55
- Betty Hodges: memoir of her service with the WRNS during World War Two
- Robert Douglas King-Harman (1891-1978), captain RN: letters and papers
- Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom (1891-1964), commander RN: papers rel to command of HMS Sheffield 1941
- Charles Edward Le Mesurier, captain RN: letters rel to command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron 1916-17
- Thomas James Germaine Marchant, commander RN: papers 1942-54
- Sir Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier (1867-1920), vice admiral: papers
- Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses (addnl): records 1838-1983 (NLC)
- Lawrence Craigie Maclagan Wedderburn, major, medical officer in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force: letters and papers 1901-23 (1999-10-3)
- Rev Myles Edmund Athy: diary of voyage to Australia 1855-56
- Thomas Carr, Archbishop of Melbourne: diary of voyage from Galway to Australia 1899
- H Grattridge, ship's captain: career papers, including diaries and cuttings rel to loss of RMS Lancastria c1930-45 (DX/1848)
- Thomas Harrop: manuscript account of voyage on The Thomas Wood from Liverpool to Madras 1865 (DX/1860)
- Thomas Harrop: manuscript acount of voyage on SS Amazon from Liverpool to Brazil 1868-69 (DX/1859)
- SF Nicholson: typescript journals of voyages on Clan Line Cargo vessels 1940-49 (DX/1832)
- Annie Stephens: diaries of voyage on SS Anselma de Larrinaga from Eastham to Buenos Aires 1909 (DX/1128)
- Diary of a passenger on barque Valona from Liverpool to St John, New Brunswick 1887 (DX/1849)
- Gibbs, Bright & Co, merchants, Bristol and Liverpool: Australian cargo book, business letters and cargo receipts 1856-62 (DX/1843)
- Lamport & Holt Line Ltd, shipowners, Liverpool: corresp and papers rel to financial situation c1924-34 (B/LAH)
- JG Oldfield & Co, shipbrokers, Whitehaven: letters from Liverpool based shipping companies c1958-64 (DX/1857)
- Lily Green, coastal cargo trade schooner: accounts 1895-1902 (DX/1855)
- GW Wickson and RE Sproule: articles (3) rel to service in coastal motor boats during First World War (MS 1683)
- Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd: drawing of part of naval gunnery for HMS Neptune (MSR 113/10)
- Harland & Wolff Ltd, shipbuilders, Belfast: papers rel to ship construction 1851-99 (MSR 74, 75, 81, 82, 86, 114)
- Corporation of Trinity House: chart exhibiting the light houses and light vessels on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland 1863 (MS 644)
- Admiralty papers rel to boat construction 1853-92 (MSR 75-79, 83, 86, 113)
Special
- Ernest Hicks of Mousehole, yachtsman: maritime records incl diaries of voyages 1914-58
- Sampson family: papers of Chaplain John Sampson, 1770-73, and Lieutenant Charles Sampson RM, 1812-17 (1999/9)
- George Andrew, assistant engineer RN: drawings of torpedoes (1 vol) and the boilers of HMS Pelorus (1 vol) c1896 (1999/83)
- Eric Charrington, captain RN: logs and journals kept from naval cadet to lieutenant 1887-1904 (1999/51)
- Herbert John Clifford, lieutenant on HMS Minden and HMS Lyra: letters describing events and places in East Indies, and of voyage to China 1814-16 (1999/21)
- Richard Collinson: account of raid on St Nazaire (1999/92)
- John Farndon, gunners mate: gunnery notes kept on HMS Cambridge 1863-64 (1999/63)
- Algernon Foster, able-seaman on HMS Hood: corresp with his wife, Mabel Mulholland, and papers rel to his death 1939-41 (1999/19)
- HB Good, able seaman on HMS Agincourt: scrapbook of letters, printed ephemera, press cuttings and photographs 1914-18 (1999/76)
- Len Harris, chief petty officer: memoir of naval service 1923-47 (1999/102)
- Arthur Lecky, captain RN: papers, incl diary kept aboard HMS Unity, 1902-22 (1999/84)
- J Lennox-King, commander RN: typescript memoir 1939-45 (1999/99)
- James Morkham, mechanician on HMS Concord: journal and notes, incl accounts of visits to Black Sea ports during the Russian Civil War, 1919-20 (1999/87)
- David Murray, lieutenant commander RN: memoirs and other papers 1945-93 (1999/66)
- Edward Rickcord, paymaster captain RN: diary whilst clerk on HMS Leander and HMS Severn, 1900-01 (1999/20)
- Harry Shenton, able seaman on HMS Warspite: typescript account of service 1939-45 (1999/93)
- Chris White, lieutenant commander RNVR: typescript memoir of naval career as Radar specialist 1939-45 (1999/95)
- Sam Wood, leading sick berth attendant, HMS Prince of Wales: memoir 'The Bismark Episode: an eyewitness account' (1999/8)
- Wilfred Woolman, naval schoolmaster: journal describing time on HMS Repulse during the Imperial Cruise of the Special Service Squadron 1923-24 (1999/31)
- Typescript memoir 'Just another job: an account of the British and Australian Armed Forces and the part played in Britain's first Atomic Test' (1999/101)
- HM Rescue Tug service: two volumes rel to service in Second World War (1999/67)
- HMS Centaur: commission book 1958-60 (1999/100)
- Royal Naval Scripture Readers Society: minutes and press-cuttings 1873-1961 (1999/65)
- Richard Ernest Cornish Copithorne, ship's surgeon: diary of voyages to the Far East 1934-35 (MSS 7679-7680)
University
- Sir Graham Moore, admiral (addnl): Brook Farm accounts, naval journal 1839-42 (Add 9303)
- Nicholas John Barker, Captain RN: personal and naval papers 1981-82 (BARK)
- Naval Radar Trust (addnl): papers rel to the development of naval radar 1935-94 (NVRT)
- Dundee University Royal Naval Reserve Committee: minutes and papers 1967-73
- Gerard Daniel Howlett, ship's doctor: diary of voyage from London to Durban 1877 (Add MSS 877-884)
- Alexander Stephen, shipbuilder: memoir 1759-1824 (Acc 1810)
- Henry Murray & Co, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow and Dumbarton; Murray Brothers, shipbuilders, Dumbarton and Murdoch & Murray Ltd, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow: records incl estimates, quotations and specifications 1877-1923 (Acc 1812)
- Walter William Hector Ash (1906-1998), rear admiral: speeches rel to his service as Electrical Engineer Manager, HM Dockyard, Devonport 1955-58
- Humphrey Leoline Jenkins (1903-1993), commander RN: papers rel to his family and career, incl concerning minesweeping
- Frank Edward Weatherstone Lammert (1903-1999) captain RN: papers, incl an account of his escape from Singapore, 1942, rel to wartime and post-war commands, and an account by his brother of his experience as a POW in Changi
- Mostyn Hird Wheeler Webb-Bowen (1894-1983), lieutenant colonel: diaries rel to operations of HMS Iron Duke in the Black Sea and off Turkey 1919-20
- James Hosken, captain: letters to him rel to the SS Great Britain 1843-46 (DM 1863)
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