Foolscap notebook 'Reference Book', 1939-1943

Voyage records: Notebook used by Thompson as a deck officer on vessels owned by the Asiatic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., between 1939 and 1943. At the beginning of this period Thompson was first mate on the BAHADUR (1929). The volume contains technical details of vessels including bunker, cargo and water ballast capacities; summaries of voyages with distances travelled and weights of cargoes handled at each port; together with notes and calculations relating to navigation, tides and weather. There are some loose items inserted, including a capacity plan and cargo scale for the NIZAM (1914) and NAWAB (1915); regulations, safety measures and details of gear for lifeboats, a recipe for ‘flit’ insecticide; instructions for anaesthesia and a degaussing certificate.