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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Maritime |
Local
- Frank Chapman (fl 1935-1942), local sailor: official papers, corresp, photographs and ephemera 1935-1942
- Bristol City Council: records rel to public enquiries incl Cribbs Causeway and National Ports Council 1977-1989 (46029)
- Port of Bristol Boatmen and Hobblers Holiday Fund: audited accounts information 1979-1996 (46141)
- Submarine Heritage Centre Committee: drawings (1438) of parts for Oberon Class submarines 1900-2000 (BDSO 158)
- John Reginald Ivinson, (1909-1987), electrician: collected papers rel to career as electrician for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd incl transcript of log book of visit to Argentina during World War Two 1909-1987 (BDX 776)
- Log books for ship "Russia" (#58312) incl crew lists, details of accidents and desertions by crew 1869 (BDX 802)
- Adam Russell (fl 1824), harbour master: photograph albums (2), family papers rel to the Russell family ships master certificate and log 1824-1824 (DX 2337)
- Unicorn Preservation Society, Dundee: photographs, publications, and objects 1791-1998 (GD/X1411)
- Amundsen & Smith, chartered shipbrokers, Co Durham: shipping and docking charges records 1945-2009 (D/X 2159)
- Sayer-Milward family of Hastings: papers rel to Hastings privateers Lyon and Triton 1759-1762 (ACC 13114)
- Forth Pilotage Authority, Edinburgh: additional records c1990-2009 (1184)
- Frederick Jenkins (1967-2016), Cardiff docks lock gatekeeper: photographs of the removal of sea lock gates, Queen Alexandra Dock 1967-2018 (D1642)
- Associated British Ports: additional records incl photographs, film and administrative papers 19th-20th cent (D406)
- Cardiff City Council: seamen's registers c1917-1927 (D1601)
- Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers, Brinscombe: photographs of ships, boats and parts made by the company c1920-1928 (D14648)
- Associated British Ports, incl predecessor bodies: records incl plans, maps and deeds 1650-2018 (C DPD)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen: crew list and agreement for SS Retriever 1910-2010 (B18/097)
- Cyril Dunnett (1920-1989), sailor, Royal Navy: Memories of Sea Palling: 'The Life and Times of a Child in the Twenties and Thirties of the Twentieth Century' 1983, 2018 (MC 3451)
- J S Doig Ltd, shipbuilders, engineers and boilermakers: records 1934-1967 (1479; 2018/027)
- Orkney Islands Council: marine services plans for Lyness; Kirkwall Bay; Stromness Berths; island piers; Houton Bay, Scapa Flow and others 1947-1996 (AccNo 2388)
- Perth Harbour Commissioners: board business records incl arrivals and departures books, import register, tide books and photographs 20th cent (18/51)
- Dennis Farragher (1933-2007), merchant seaman: personal papers, photographs c1950-1970 (D/Z 1390)
- Kessingland papers of Arthur H Brown incl "Kessingland Beach Boats and Owners" (1 vol) and "Kessingland Regatta" photograph album c1928-1952 (2561)
- Kenneth Stevens (fl 1950-1990), engineer and printer: papers rel to businesses, properties and Vickers-Armstrong, engineering, Westminster c1950-1990 (9986)
- Wey and Arun Canal Trust: records incl minutes and reports (9884)
- D H Williams: Log of trip in punt 'Carpe Diem' on the Wey Navigation made with John Sturney and Michael Joynt 1946 (9897)
- Altrincham Court Leet: misc notes c1980 (TRA1838)
National
- Charles Ritchie Kinnear (fl 1837-1855), naval surgeon: log book while on board HMS Rodney during the Crimean War 1853-1855 (Add MS 89303)
- Herbert Reginald Norbury (1876-1967), officer Royal Navy: naval log-book 1892-1895 (Add MS 89299)
- John Purdy (1773-1843), hydrographer: corresp, with lieut John Evans (fl 1828-1835), Royal Navy, and lieut Bisschop Greevelink (fl 1837-1838), Dutch Royal Navy, rel to observations, charts and views for publication or incorporation in future editions of his charts and sailing instructions 1828-1838 (Add MS 89301)
- Randolph Marriott (1736-1807), writer, East India Co Official: narrative of events in India, particularly Bengal, incl an account of the voyage in the ship Portfield 1753-1766 (Mss Eur F722)
- George Palmer (1772-1853), commander of East India Company ship Boddam, businessman and politician: journals of the EIC ship Boddam 1786-1800 (Mss Eur F723)
- Notes on the early history of the Royal Indian Naval Dockyards, compiled by Commander John Henry Deane, Royal Indian Navy, from notes made by Ralph Watson, Chief Engineer, Bombay Dockyard 1944 (Mss Eur F719)
- Peter Booth (fl 1944-1946), signalman, RN: memoir appearing to incorporate a journal kept at the time of his service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War 2001 (Documents.27258)
- James Kirkwood (b1922), Lieut Cmdr, Royal Navy: documents and photographs rel to naval career 1942-1944 (Documents.26587)
- Archibald Roxburgh (1886-1954), Lieut, surgeon and dermatologist: photograph albums (6) rel to service in the Royal Navy with his brother, Robert Roxburgh (1897-1916), midshipman on HMS Indefatigable 1914-1918 (2018-11-03)
- Kenneth Wiltshire (fl 1944-1946), ordinary signalman: diaries rel to experiences serving aboard HMS Belfast 1944-1946 (Documents.27163)
- Hubert family of Jersey: family documents rel mainly to work, incl logbooks of the schooner 'The Rhine' (1858-59), the brig 'Geffrard' (1859-60) and copy contracts rel to Jean Hubert and family 1858-1895 (JA/3357)
- St Catherine's Sailing Club, Jersey: minutes (1865) with papers rel to sailing career of Francis Le Broucq incl documents rel to the club and to Gorey Regatta c1960-1969 (JA/3266)
- William Crickmay (fl 1855-1972), purser, Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.: diaries rel to career and partial genealogy of family 1855-1972 (REG17/000362)
- Joseph Henry Marryat (1830-1881), Rear-Admiral, CB: letters to family describing naval service in locations incl the Arctic and Crimea 1853-1856 (REG17/000133)
- RJ Morrison (fl 1905), carpenter: journal of a voyage on the barque Lallah Rookh from Glasgow to Brisbane 1905 (REG18/000185)
- Hugh Percival Wilkins (1896-1960), astronomer and author: corresp regarding awards, publications and visits to overseas observatories, and draft copies of publications and lecture notes (REG18/000151.6 to .11)
- Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon (1863-1947), Knight, Admiral: corresp and papers 1900-1920 (NMRN 2018/6)
- Sir Henry Ralph Crooke (1875-1952), Knight, Admiral: additional papers incl sketchbooks, log books, corresp and notebooks 1890-1930 (NMRN 2018/8)
- Anthony Hewitt (fl 1976-1977), Royal Navy submariner: familygrams to the Hewitt family while serving on HMS Revenge (Polaris submarine) 1976-1977 (NMRN 2018/49)
- Arthur James Hollington (fl 1914-1915), Royal Navy: incomplete diary rel to service on HMS Lion incl material rel to Battle of Heligoland Bight, raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, and the Battle of Dogger Bank 1914-1915 (NMRN 2018/132)
- Thomas French Hewitt Kemp (fl 1915), Royal Navy: recollections rel to service with RNVR incl at Gallipoli 1915 (NMRN 2018/54)
- John Luce (1870-1932), Rear Admiral: letters to his wife Dolly, written while captain of HMS Glasgow in the South Atlantic 1914-1916 (NMRN 2018/82)
- GA Moir (fl 1909-1912), Royal Marine Artillery: diary serving aboard HMS Powerful on a tour of Australia 1909-1912 (NMRN 2018/50)
- George Herbert Thompson (fl 1945), Royal Navy: diary rel to Far East service incl recording VJ Day celebrations in Port Said 1945 (NMRN 2018/26)
- Arthur H Wallis (fl 1930-1965), Chief of Naval Information: papers 1950-1965 (NMRN 2018/80)
- William Stuart Horsley Whitehead (fl 1943-1955), lieutenant, RNVR: papers rel to service incl on HM Motor Torpedo Boat 792 1943-1955 (NMRN 2018/79)
- Norrey & Sons, provisions merchants, Portsmouth: supplied accounts ledger rel to supplying local naval and civil establishments and ships 1938-1944 (NMRN 2018/153)
- Notebook on condition of ships incl HMS Egmont, HMS Namur, HMS Culloden, HMS Britannia, HMS Victory and one other, presumably after the Battle of Cape St Vincent, incl information on supplies, crew health and daily regime on board 1797 (NMRN 2018/78)
- Unclassified Admiralty order, specifying from February 1 1949 that the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) will be established as a permanent and integral part of the naval service 1949 (NMRN 2018/137)
- Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (Blue Funnel Line): drawings of Blue Funnel ships 1850-1930 (MMM.2018.11)
- Frank Bustard, (1886-1974), shipping owner: vols (25) of Continental Traveller's Reports incl documentation of variety of meetings with diplomats, government officials etc. on behalf of White Star 1919-1932 (MMM.2018.15)
- South Wales and Liverpool Steamship Co: cash book 1886-1895 (MMM.2018.20)
- Brian Jones, (fl 1953-1976), Merchant Navy: apprentice indenture, corresp, discharge book, certificates, wages, ephemera and RAF Service book 1953-1976 (MMM.2018.30)
- Captain Shaw, Harrison Line: passage book recording voyages 1921-1956 (MMM.2018.36)
- Dr Adrian Jarvis (fl 1990-2005): papers rel to Centre for Port and Maritime History 1990-2005 (MMM.2018.33)
- William James Pirie (1847-1924), 1st Viscount Pirrie: letter to Thomas Andrews in his capacity as chief of the design department at Harland & Wolf, ship manufacturer and repair 1911 (D4685/1/1)
Special
- Frank Edwards (fl 1887-1888), whaler: whaling diary, with transcription, 1982 1887-1888 (Accession 2018/02)
- Marine Surveys Ltd: construction drawings of West Yorkshire Keel 'Gwendoline' 2018 (CRT/GWENDOLINE)
University
- Henry Forder (fl 1830-1894), Captain of the Hold, Royal Navy: personal papers, in particular rel to his time on HMS Enterprise during the British Naval Franklin expedition 1849-1894 (MS 2297)
- Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912), naturalist and Antarctic Explorer: ms copies of the Discovery diaries vols 2-6 made by his father Edward Thomas Wilson (1832-1918) 1903 (MS 2293)
- Henry Craven St John (1837-1909), Admiral: album of watercolours, scroll and medicine chest c1850-1879 (Coll-1872)
- John Wood & Co, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow: drawing of the paddle steamer Comet 1800-1820 (4178)
- International Christian Maritime Association: correspondence, committee papers and minutes, and publications 1959-2011
- Cunard Steamship Co Ltd: passenger lists, menu cards and postcards rel to the Queen Mary 1952-1952 (D1184)
- Cunard Steamship Co Ltd: Queen Mary photographic material 1949-1967 (D1181)
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