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Major accessions to repositories in 2005 relating to Maritime History |
Local
- Stonehaven Harbour Trust: minute books 1890-1930 (BH17)
- George Dodds, coastguard: papers, mainly rel to the coastguard service 1938-61 (Accession 1068)
- Charles Hill & Sons Ltd, shipbuilders and repairers, shipowners, Bristol: additional records 1970-1979 (42968)
- Bristol Sailors' Home: additional records 1979-1997 (42785)
- Port of Bristol Authority: records fomerly at Underfall Yard 20th cent (43014)
- Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol: records 17th-20th cent (SMV)
- Minutes, accounts and corresp of The Old Chequers and Bath Marina Boat Club. 1948-2004 (42829)
- Whittlesey Wash Commissioners: records 1854-20th cent (R105/099)
- Wisbech Port (addnl): register of merchant ships 1885-1974, transfer register 1959-85 and registration papers 1937-94 1885-1994 (R105/003)
- Port of Chester shipping registers and registration papers 1840-1994 (NR)
- Frederick Stuart Harvey, Captain, Royal Fleet Auxiliary: personal papers and records rel to Edward Hain Shipping Line, St Ives 1918-1925 (AD1704)
- Vickers Shipbuilding Group, Barrow-in-Furness: card indexes with brief details of factory floor personnel and yard labourers c1900-1950 (BDB)
- Barrow-in-Furness port: shipping registers 1990-1994 (BT/SR)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Ulverston branch: account book 1965-1993 (BDSo 105)
- Frederick Stuart Harvey, Captain, Royal Fleet Auxiliary: workbooks rel to service and as fuelling officer, Devonport Dockyard. 1923-1928 (6604-0)
- Bideford shipping registers: ship's papers (for transfer to North Devon RO) 1894-1991 (6274-2)
- Brixham shipping registers: ship's papers 1894-1991 (6274-2)
- Dartmouth shipping registers: registers 1977-1988, appropriation books 1855-1993, ship's papers 1901-1993 1855-1993 (6274-2)
- Exeter shipping registers: ship's papers 1901-1994 (6274-2)
- Salcombe shipping registers: appropriation books 1963-1993, ship's papers 1910-1993 1910-1993 (6274-2)
- Teignmouth shipping registers: transfer book 1988-1994, ship's papers 1896-1993 1910-1993 (6274-2)
- Depositions, interrogations, oaths relating to dispute over tithes of fish, Clovelly, Devon, 1727. Typed copy of transcript, original in National Archives. [Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission E 134/13Geo1/Hil1] 2005 (6670-0)
- JA Devenish plc, brewers, Weymouth: brewing, public house, shipping and family records 1800-1980 (D/DEV)
- Poole harbour: Commission copy letter book, bye-laws and papers 1872-1972 (D.1726)
- Poole Customs and Excise: shipping registers, construction, registration and transfer documents 1855-1991 (NG/SR)
- Weymouth Customs and Excise: letter book, commissions of appointment, outport records incl Poole 1703-1883 (NG/SR)
- Weymouth Customs and Excise: shipping registers, construction, registration and transfer documents 1881-1993 (NG/SR)
- papers of John Cyril Armstrong R.N., leading stoker, killed on H.M.S. Hood 1941 20th cent
- Aeriel photographs of Dover Car Ferry Terminal c1965 (EK/U173)
- John Paul Jones, Naval Officer: corresp (copies) 1778-1782 (DDX1054)
- Goole port: ship registration papers 1902-1988 (NSG)
- Humber bridge, Hull: bridge-keeper's diaries 1918-1972 (DDX1067)
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Cardiff: ships registration papers 1911-1993 (DPRORBSC5)
- A & J Inglis Ltd, shipbuilders, repairers and marine engineers, Glasgow: contracts of co-partnery and plans (transferred from Glasgow University Archive Services) 1868-83 (TD1595)
- Glasgow Seamen's Friend Society: minutes, financial records, annual reports etc 1843-2002 (TD1625)
- London Watermen and Lightermens Company: misc papers c1700-1999 (Acc 2005/032)
- Beaumaris shipping registers: register 1844-1994 (XSR)
- Caernarfon shipping registers: register 1844-1994 (XSR)
- Mary Greene: journal aboard ship Resolute (5 vols) 1851-52 (65A05)
- Humberside Law Centre: legal papers rel to fishermans' compensation claims 1980-2002 (DMLC)
- Richard Henry Hobbs, manager of Humber Steam Trawling Company and director of Newington Steam Trawlers: ledgers, receipts and drawings 1896-1933 (DFRH)
- Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners: records incl accounts and estimates 1925-68 (ac2005/83)
- Groby Discharged Sailors and Soldiers Institution: quarterly balance sheets 1920-1921 (DE6911)
- Boston shipping registers: registers of ships (5) and files rel to individual vessels 1893-1993 (BOSTON/MSR)
- George Fraser Son & Co, shipping merchants, Manchester: minute book and photograph 1938-1944 (M715)
- Thomas John Hill, dredgerman, freeman of Rochester Oyster Fishery: typed biographical reminiscences (DE987)
- MS account of battle of Trafalgar by Robert Sands, Boy 3rd Class, HMS Temeraire c1805-50 (DE1010)
- Royal Naval reserve: Liverpool: records rel to HMS Eaglet 1847-1877 (Acc 2005/5)
- Cromer Urban District Council: minutes and other records, incl some of Cromer Sea Protection Commission, Water Works and Burial Board c1850-1974 (ACC 2005/166, 186)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen (addnl): registration and related papers for Great Yarmouth 1875-1994 and King's Lynn c1924-99 1875-1994 (P/SH)
- Reynolds Broomhead, fishing skipper: personal papers 1910-46 (1051/98)
- William Oxley, Fisherman: papers rel to rescue of French balloonist Jules Duruof in English Channel 1874-77 (1233)
- Raymond Redgrave, Eel Fisherman: log books 1961-2003 (1231)
- Eccles Transport (Rivercraft) Ltd: records rel to cargoes and payments 1941-61 (1232)
- HMS Leviathan: WC Stanley of Kingston on Hull's private ship's log 1916 (1053)
- HMS Hampshire: accounts of the rescue of survivors by Royal Marines 1916 (D1/933)
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Milford Haven: ships registration papers 1858-1992 (T/SHIP/2)
- T Evan Davies of Devonport: notebook incl notes on extension of HM Dockyard, Keyham, Devonport 1895-1896 (Acc 3077)
- Diaries of John and Elizabeth Hoar of Devonport with privateers accounts of the ship 'Maria' 1800-182 (Acc 3093)
- Norman Lewis Millward, seaman: corresp while serving aboard HMS Alaunia during World War Two 1940-45 (R/DX/55)
- LT Waller, fish merchants, Lowestoft: records c1970-2005 (1704)
- Royal Naval Coastal Forces (HMS Mantis, Lowestoft): war diary of the 7th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla 1941-1944 (1678)
- Harry Daley, policeman and merchant seaman: notebooks and memoirs rel to early life in Lowestoft and Dorking c1910-25 c1950-69 (7832)
- Joseph E Arthur, cabin boy, SS Earsdon: journal 1900 (DX1191)
- Donkin & Co, steering gear manufacturers, Newcastle upon Tyne: additional records c1900-83 (DS.DON)
- R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, ship and engine builders, locomotive engineers, Newcastle upon Tyne: photograph albums incl monthly progress albums 1898-1952 (DS.HL)
- WA Souter & Co Ltd, shipowners, Newcastle upon Tyne: additional records, mainly minutes of Sheaf Steam Shipping Co Ltd and Bamburgh Shipping Co Ltd 1905-1973 (DT.SOU)
- emails of W White, sent while competing in the Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race 2004-2005 (1258)
- JA Evans: diaries whilst serving as a radio operator on SS Atlantic and SS Chemong 1938-1943 (CR3990)
- Emily Charlotte, tug of Port Talbot: log books 1899 (D/D Z 148)
- Port Talbot Harbour Authority: records of arrivals 1904
- Swansea shipping registers: additional registers of ships 1922-1993
- ship's registration papers for the Port of Swansea; Port Talbot shipping register (1959-1974), with entries for Llanelli (1965-1977) 1922-1993
- Henry Williams, carpenter: papers rel to his career at Laird Brothers, shipbuilders 1902-1928 (Acc 1680)
- York Motor Yacht Club: records incl corresp and membership books c 1960-1989 (847)
National
- St Peter Port: harbour master's notebook 1825-1875 (AQ 801/07)
- Account rel to imports with names of ships and captains 1814-1827 (AQ 790/27)
- Hoi-Polloi: log book 1995-2000 (JA/1087)
- Jersey Harbours Department: additional records 1970-1989 (JA/997)
- Family papers of the de Gruchy and Queree families, incl contracts, shipping sales and rent books 1500-1999 (JA/1011)
- Alex Brown, ships chandler, Ramsey: accounts 1904-09 (11203)
- St Saviour, merchant vessel: accounts of sales of coal 1886-96 (11178)
- HJ Sharp & Co, coal exporters and shipbrokers, Leith: letter books 1902-1906 (GD1/1375)
- George Busk Crow, member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (1875-1905): corresp rel to seagoing and commercial activities and Mersey Docks and Harbour Board diary(1878) c 1815-1879 (DX/2251)
- Fred Heath, Internee: typescript of experiences rel to sinking of Samso (1941) and internment by Vichy French in Guinea 1936-41 (DX/2269)
- William Mills, Roman Catholic Chaplain: records, incl menus, tickets and programmes, rel to time spent as Roman Catholic Chaplain on board cruises for Cunard, Canadian Pacific and the British India Steam Navigation Company c1969-1991 (D/MIL)
- Edward Thornley, ship's passenger: diary of voyage on the Sidon (Cunard) from Jersey City to Liverpool with daughter Sarah Jane 1863 (DX/2246)
- Unnamed, Sailor: diaries while on board the ships Louisa and Pehlman , travelling from Liverpool and Birkenhead to Singapore 1865-1869 (DX/2276)
- Unnamed, Officer: diary of voyage on board the ship Magdala or Magdalla from Liverpool to Quebec 1881-1882 (DX/2247)
- Blue Star Line, shipowners, Liverpool: records incl ship data books, appointment records for deck officers and gangway journals for Blue Star Line, Lamport and Holt Line and Booth Line 1911-1970
- Gilbert Farie, merchant, Liverpool: letters rel to trade in China, and visit to Canton to trade cotton and opium 1825-46 (DX/2291)
- T & J Harrison Ltd, shipowners, Liverpool: records 1921-80 (DX/2278)
- Zillah Shipping & Carrying Co Ltd, Liverpool: records rel to Zillah Shipping Company and related companies (B/ZIL)
- HMS Conway, school ship, Wallasey: additional records incl log books and records rel to the Conway Club 1930-1983 (D/CON)
- Mampookata: log book rel to voyages between Liverpool, Ambrize, Angola and Dominica, carrying a cargo of slaves 1786-1788 (DX/2277)
- records of George Crook incl information on maritime salvage cases 1933-1954 (DX/2280)
- letters of the Plumbe family of Prescot, incl those rel to slave trading by the husband of Mary Plumbe 1702-39 (DX/2290)
- Sidney Springgay, ship's purser: papers rel to career on Southern Railways and British Railways incl "Tales of the Channel" unpublished typescript memoirs, corresp, press releases and photographs c1940-1969 (2005-7549)
- Barrow-in-Furness port: volumes recording tides and details of vessels using Ramsden Dock 1876-1906 (2005-7506, 7507, 7508)
- Archibald Baillie, midshipman: letters (12) to his family rel to life in Portsmouth, naval and merchant service 1758-62 (2005.40)
- John Bithell, Lieutenant Commander: collected papers rel to Cable Ship Iris during Falklands War, incl journal and draft report of proceedings 1982 (2005.87)
- FCC Kennedy, midshipman: log and journal 1905-08 (2005.61)
- Nicholas Pocock, Marine Painter: file rel to research for painting of Trafalgar, incl battle plan and sketches of ships 1806 (2005.6)
- Richard Shakespeare Thompson, sub-lieutenant: MS account of Battle of North Cape, particularly rel to his station in the boiler room and personal experiences 1943 (2005.102)
- Harold Tummon, naval signalman: journals aboard HMS Harpy, incl service in the Mediterranean and Dardanelles 1913-16 (2005.79)
- Frank Roddam Twiss, Admiral: additional papers rel to naval service 1927-70 (2005.74)
- Mervyn RG Wingfield, naval captain: typescript memoir of his life and naval career 2000 (2005.95)
- Royal Naval Patrol Service Association: Midland branch: typescript 'Memories of the Midland Sparrows', history of the association and Second World War service (2005.60)
- Typescript memoir by Norman Aspinall of his service in Landing Ship Tank LST 301, incl in Italy and Normandy 1942-45 (2005.78)
- MS account of naval service of William Thomas John Baxter compiled by his father from his letters; includes account of volunteering, initial training and accommodation on HMS Victory, Portsmouth 1857-61 (2005.77)
- Typescript account by ACJ Geary of landing of a naval brigade of 33 men from HMS Hazard, Suda Bay, Crete 1898 (2005.8)
- Collected papers rel to careers of Captain John Hutchison, Admiral John de Mestre Hutchison and Admiral Sir Frank Twiss c1842-90 (Twiss/2005.14)
- MS notebook of Gunner John Moore aboard HMS Fury during Arctic exploration, with instructions for the service of great gun exercises when aboard HMS Tenedos 1824-26 (2005.64)
- MS letter from Percy Pointer describing role of Motor Launch 512 in attack on Zeebrugge 1918 (2005.75)
- Account of the service of HMS Endurance 1981-82, rel to scientific work and role during the Falklands War and at South Georgia 1981-84 (2005.73)
- History of HMS Formidable compiled from printed sources 1939-52 (2005.80)
- Typescript words to 'The Song of the Minesweeping Trawlers', humorous reflection on life in the Royal Naval Patrol Service c1939 (2005.56)
- Volumes (11) transferred from The National Archives, comprising casualty books (10) and list of warship losses 1939-45 (2005.26)
Special
- Thomas Graham, naval surgeon: corresp, papers and MS chart 1830-1846 (MSS.8414-8420)
- Barbados Naval Hospital: records 1789 (MS.8401)
University
- North Of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Shipping Co Ltd: additional records 1810-1974 (MS 3697)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly (b1915): further papers (LEBY)
- The Missions to Seamen: minute books and letter books (DMS)
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