Uncatalogued: Papers of Commander John Williams Damer-Powell RNR

Manuscript Material includes: Correspondence relating to his apprenticeship (c. 1905); Various other correspondences; Diaries (1906 and 1907); Continous Certificate of Discharge (No. 566032, 1910-36); Naval Messages and Reports relating to Dunkirk, 1916; 'Captain's Night Order Book', (1921); 'Nautical Miscellany' - one volume of cuttings and notes.

Printed Booklets and Leaflets relating to his career and interests includes - Chronological List of Bristol-built ships, by Grahame E Farr; Bibliography of Naval History, (1925); Letters of Maque and Reprisal 1789 (A printed transcript); Diamond Jubilee of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company Ltd; Commanders in HM Packet service (1688-1852); The story of the Implacable; Opening of the southern extension of the Royal Victoria and Albert Dock (8th June 1921); Shipwrecks on the Isle of Scilly (1950). Pictoral Material includes - Coloured pencil sketch of the Clan Macpherson; Two envelopes of small pictures and photographs of various ships. Package 1 also contains a book on Anne Seymour Damer, by Percy Noble.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/70/016
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: COLLECTION
Extent: 2 boxes
Date made: 1905-1950
Creator: Damer-Powell, John Williams
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London