Uncatalogued: Royal Indian Navy (1612-1947) Association

Various items including ephemera and photographs relating to individuals connected with the Royal Indian Navy (1612-1947) Association:

Printed booklet on the career of Allen Thornton Shuttleworth AM (1839-1915), including his service in the Indian Navy.

Typescript sheets with an extract from a diary describing the dismasting of the French barque SOUVENIR during a hurricane in April 1866, while on a voyage bound for Mauritius with a cargo of cattle and poultry.

Various photographic prints and newspaper cuttings relating to the minesweeping sloop HMIS LAWRENCE (1919) and the service of John E. Cornish in the Royal Indian Navy, circa 1931-1936.

Details of guests and events on board the sloop HMIS INDUS (1934) during the Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet by His Majesty the King at Spithead, 16 July 1935, written by ‘Dodo’ Symon, wife of Alexander C.B. Symon.

Newspaper article on the attack by coastal forces under the command of Lieutenant-Commander H.M. Darbyshire, RINVR, on Ramree Island, Burma [Myanmar], on 30 December 1943, mounted on card.

Menu from a dinner for officers of the sloop HMIS CAUVERY (1943), held in the Golden City Restaurant at Hong Kong, 24 January 1946, relating to the service of George T. Moger (see also RIN/20).

Printed programme relating to the Independence Day celebrations and Reserve Fleet Sports at RIN Trombay Camp, Bombay [Mumbai], on 14 August 1947, also the minesweeper HMIS MADRAS (1942).

Article on the RIN contribution to the victory against Japan, from ‘The Statesman’, 25 August 1948.

Typescript sheets with the transcript of a speech made by Alexander C.B. Symon to the Royal Indian Navy Club on 7 October 1961. Also a related article ‘350 Years since the Foundation of the Indian and Pakistan Navies’.

Printed booklet on the frigate INS UDAYGIRI (1972), built by Mazagon Dock Ltd., Bombay [Mumbai].

Obituary of George Alfred Foster, former mayor of Peterborough and RINR officer, from ‘The Peterborough Standard’, 16 June 1978.

Single sheet with photocopies of cuttings relating to a book on astronomy published in 1978, written by Lieutenant-Commander H.R. Mills, RINVR (see also RIN/14).