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Major accessions to repositories in 2006 relating to Maritime History |
Local
- Dauntless, brig: papers incl charter parties, crew receipts, dispute over New York pilotage and grounding incident on the River Plate 1868-1871 (MS 844)
- Newlyn Harbour Commissioners: minutes, financial records, corresp, journals and plans. 20th cent (NHC)
- Padstow Harbour Commissioners: records 1979-2004 (PHC)
- Nellie Hodgkins, stewardess on Cunard Line: personal papers rel to life as stewardess on Cunard Line ships incl Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II c1920-1969 (D6719)
- Staniland & Co Ltd, barge builders, Thorne: materials and costings ledger 1893-1915 (DZMD/768)
- Belle, of Weymouth: log book 1866
- Deal Coastguard Station: records rel to construction and maintenance incl plans, tenders and contract 1889-1913 (EH/1)
- Rowhedge Ironworks Co Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers: order books and related records, shipwrights' estimates and other records 1917-1965 (D/F 2)
- British Transport Docks Board: records incl maps, plans and drawings of Cardiff docks c1800-1960 (D406)
- W & CT Jones, shipowners, Cardiff: records and family papers 19th-20th cent (D211)
- Campaign Against the Cardiff Bay Barrage: papers 1983-2003 (D350)
- Dyer family, surgeons, of Ringwood: additional records incl journal of a voyage to Madras by Samuel Dyer (1802) and genealogical information on the Dyer, Tripp and related families of Iwood in Congesbury and elsewhere 19th-20th cent (33A05)
- Trinity House: drawings of Isle of Wight lighthouses and buoys c1970-80 (2006/010)
- FL Abel and Abel Barges Ltd, barge builders, Liverpool: corresp 1923-1956 (Acc. 6036)
- HM Customs and Excise: registration files of vessels registered to the Port of London 1870-1994 (B06/005)
- Merseyside Maritime Trust: corresp and minutes 1987-1994 (2006/6)
- Bideford ships' registration papers 1925-1992 (2006 Acc 18)
- Samuel Willcox, fishing skipper: personal papers 1875-84 (1250)
- Great Grimsby Junior Chamber of Commerce and Shipping: records 1934-93 (1266)
- Cliffside Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne: minute book 1923-1942 (NRO 06673)
- Warkworth Harbour Commissioners: daily returns 1947-1948 (NRO 06694)
- Warkworth Harbour Commissioners: account book 1947-1949 (NRO 06625)
- Thomas Wood of Littleton: financial ledger, some transactions rel to cargo coming in on ships 1655-1748 (NRO 06620)
- Patrick Kelleher, petty officer: corresp with his wife Marie in Portsmouth 1935-46 (X/2586A)
- Henry James Bray, Royal Navy Commander: scrapbook 1901-1972 (R/DX/57)
- Welshpool and District Ladies Lifeboat Guild: minute books 1979-2004 (M/SOC/25)
- Cornwall family of Burford Lodge, Elstead: additional records incl deeds, housekeeping book and corresp on the death of Rear Admiral John Cornwall 1691-1904 (7850)
- W Badger Ltd, marine engineers and ship repairers, London: records c1964-1980 (B/BAD)
- Nicholas Piper, ship's captain: Newcastle memorandum book 1756 (DX1222)
- Sir Charles Mark Palmer, 1st Bt, coal-owner, ironmaster and shipbuilder: letter book 1850-1879 (DF.CMP)
- James Williamson, surgeon: diary of a whaling voyage on the "Lady Jane" and associated biographical information 1835-36 (DX1248)
- Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd: board minutes, profit and loss accounts and balance sheets 1864-1974 (DT.TT)
- British Ship Research Association: additional committee minutes c1945-1985 (DT.BSRA)
- Bristol Channel Yacht Club: minutes, accounts, corresp, membership records and plans c1870-1979 (D/D BCYC)
- Anthony Everenden: map of Burgess Hill 1631 (Add. Mss. 55,554)
- Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, Birkenhead: additional records incl minutes of Tranmere Bay Development Co Ltd 1902-33 20th cent
National
- Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes: papers and corresp 1885-1967 (Add 82373-82578)
- Admiral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes: additional papers and corresp 20th cent (Add 82580 A, B)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution, St Catherine's station, Jersey: minute books 1869-1999 (JA/1193)
- EH Beck, merchant seaman: journal of a voyage of the Broxbournbury to Calcutta 1828 (X2003.044)
- Lt Harold Charrington: signal log of HMS Minotaur 1870 (X2002.015)
- John Eastman, midshipman: log kept on board HMS Temeraire, incl the battle of Trafalgar 1805 (LOG/N/T/16)
- Frank Fauwell: log book kept on board HMS Forte and HMS Duke of Wellington 1869-1872 (LOG/N/D/13)
- James Furnell, master mariner: log book for the east indiamen Seringapatam and Windsor, sailing notes and journal 1843-1847 (REG03/006848)
- GA Luffman: journal of a voyage as a passenger on board the Royal Charter 1856 (X2003.042)
- Admiral Arthur Lysaght: letters 19th Cent (X2003.015)
- William Mason: journal as a survivor of HMS Magaera 1871 (REG05/000294)
- Admiral William Henry Maxwell (1840-1920): memoirs c1900-1920 (X2003.034)
- Susannah Maria Middleton: letters written to her sister Mary Martin Leake from the naval yard at Gibraltar 1805-1808
- Captain William Nobel, President of the Royal Astronomical Society: letters to Ernest Wiltshire 1876-1884 (REG04/000012)
- George James Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont: letters written to his parents whilst a midshipman 1805-14 (PER/)
- Lt William Innes Pocock: papers and memoirs 1811-1836 (REG06/000085)
- Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith: papers and commonplace book 19th Cent (REG06/000085)
- FS Thompson, acting master's mate: journal kept on board HMS London and HMS Gladiator, Sevastapol 1854-1855 (REG06/000071)
- John Tillery, midshipman: journal written whilst prisoner of war at Acre 1799-1800 (X2003.030)
- Admiral Thomas Totty: letters and orders 18th Cent (X2002.064)
- N Veresmith, midshipman: log book kept on board HMS Defence and HMS Vanguard 1910-12 (X2002.021)
- William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland: order and letterbooks relating to command of HMS Andromeda and HMS Valiant 1788-90 (REG05/000136)
- John Whittle, master of a merchant vessel: log books and letterbooks incl log of the Bellisima 1862 (X2002.035)
- SS Collingwood: journal of voyage 1844 (REG04/000235)
- East Africa Shipping Conference, Lobito Shipping Conference, Mauritius Shipping Conference and Sudan Shipping Conference: minute books and tariff books 1913-1983 (REG06/000001)
- HMS Iphigenia: log book kept on the China Station station prior to the Boxer rebellion 1897-1900 (REG03/003662)
- Leonides, merchantman: journal of voyages from North Wales to Tasmania 1825-1834 (REG03/006892)
- Joseph and Alice Bishop: papers, corresp and photographs rel to their loss in the sinking of SS Lusitania 1915-1931 (DX/2338)
- Mary Bushby: diary of sailing from Workington to Liverpool on her father's brig 'Carricks' 1825 (DX/2351)
- Ruth Bratt, employee of Radio Malaya: diary of voyage to Singapore on SS Nestor, Blue Funnel Line 1941 (DX/2321)
- James Brown: diary of voyages on Empress of Britain (Liverpool to Quebec) and Lusitania (New York to Liverpool) 1912 (DX/2366)
- Peter Lawson: diary and misc records of family voyage from Liverpool to New York on 'Etruria', Cunard Line 1890-1891 (DX/2355)
- Stewart Bale Ltd, photographers, Liverpool: corresp and receipts (Stewart Bale, NS)
- Moss Hutchinson Line Ltd, shipowners, Liverpool: memorandum and articles of association, directors' minutes and returns, balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, annual returns (transferred from the National Maritime Museum) 1916-1972 (B/MHL)
- Ariadne, yacht: records incl accounts and receipts 1865-1869 (DX/2362)
- Elizabeth, steam packet: corresp and misc records 1815-1848 (DX/2304)
- Flora, ship: log of Liverpool to Newfoundland, Newfoundland to Madeira, Madeira to Liverpool 1770-1771 (DX/2370)
- Portrush Harbour Co: harbour registers 1892-1992 (D/4388)
- James Cooke, ships engineer: engineering drawings (1 vol) as assistant engineer of HMS Fire Queen, HMS Perseus and HMS Rattler 1863-67 (2006.9)
- Hugh Christopher Arnold-Forster, naval commander: papers rel to naval service incl corresp referring to Ramsgate Zeppelin attack 1903-1919 (2006.68)
- Patrick McGuire, naval gunner: illustrated MS notes on a gunnery course, HMS Excellent 1894 (2006.49)
- John Mills, naval gunner: TS memoirs of service, principally on HMS Volage, incl Arctic convoys and the Pacific Fleet 1943-46 (2006.105)
- Josceline Heber Percy, Captain RN: MS notebook when at the Naval Control Office, with illustrated account of coastal convoy in HMS Quantock 1941 (2006.39)
- Rear Admiral William David Stewart Scott: TS memoirs of life and naval service, incl description of Operation Mincemeat (1943), the mining of HMS Volage (1946), the Yangtse Incident (1948) and work on the Polaris Programme 1938-80 (2006.25)
- Kenneth Raydon Swan, naval commander: memoirs of naval service in HMS Cyclops, repair ship to the Grand Fleet (3 vols, with illustrations) 1914-18 (2006.68)
- Edward A Symes, naval Paymaster Captain: MS ledger covering receipts and payments throughout his career and HMS Odin, HMS Fitzroy, HMS Cairo, HMS Coventry, HMS Resolution, HMS Norfolk, HMS St Vincent and HMS Hecla 1917-42 (2006.80)
- Mr Tipping, midshipman: illustrated journal of service on HMS Victory and HMS Euryalus 1861-64 (2006.40)
- Magnus Spence Work, Captain RN: TS memoir of life and career, principally rel to naval service 1940-45 (2006.26)
- HMS Prometheus: punishment book listing 'blacklisted' men and some details of corporal punishments 1844-47 (2006.17)
- Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth: MS floor plans showing proposed original layout of upper floors c1730 (2006.33)
- Standing Orders for the Fleet issued from HMS Victory (1 vol), possibly a personal copy belonging to one of the captains in the fleet 1808-11 (2006.97)
Special
- Thomas Graham, naval surgeon: corresp, mainly letters to his sister in Scotland 1846-1850 (MSS.8416-8419)
University
- HMS Elk: log book 1858-1859 (MS Add. 9725)
- Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall, MP: further papers 1939-43 (HALL)
- Instructor-Captain Oswald Tuck RN: further papers c1868-2003 (TUCK)
- William Mogg, captain of the schooner Bonanza: diary of journey from the Arctic to San Francisco 1905-06 (MS 1805)
- Robert Falcon Scott, Captain RN, Antarctic explorer: additional letters, incl his last letters from his South Polar expedition 1909-12 (MS 1835)
- Boyd Line Ltd, trawler owners, Hessle: records c1940-2005
- The Missions to Seamen: records incl minutes of the Flying Angel Fellowship Advisory Council and the London Harbour Lights Guild 1938-1965
- Peter Margeson, mariner: captain's reports 1955-1984 (D.979)
- Captain William Bate, commandant of Ascension Island: logbook recording ships calling, military matters and his extensive programme of public works 1834-35 (MSS. Atlan. R. 1)
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