Uncatalogued: Hill, Henry Oliver, Commander, 1886-1974
Box 5: Cargo book for the brig SARAH of Littlehampton; list of Swansea pilot boats, circa 1900; sail plan Mumbles oyster smack EMMELINE, built circa 1872; notes on Dover, Deal and Folkestone craft; notes on Mounts Bay luggers; Plymouth trawlers rigging etc and list of vessels; notes on West Cornish boats, rigs, etc; luggers at Hastings, Deal and Tenby; Whitstable vessels; pamphlets from NMM on new instruments, compasses etc; cargo book for the BOAZ, 1908; log of barque WILLIAM MILES; THE TIMES pictorial record of the the Royal Tour, 1953-1954; ships' logbooks CONSTANCE ELLEN etc and ships account book; Newquay fishing industry and Newquay gigs; folder of illustrations and photos; log of schooner's JANET HAY and ROTTERSAND.
See related materials at: MSS/74/077
Administrative / biographical background
Hill was an early member of the Society for Nautical Research and became well-known for his valuable work in recording traditional working craft of the British Isles, such as Brixham trawlers and Cornish luggers. Following his education at Uppingham School and Cambridge University, he worked on marine oil engines at John I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd. At the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Navy as an engineer officer. He served on the battlecruiser HMS TIGER, being present at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After demobilization in 1919, he established a marine engineering business and later worked in road transport. He lived at Newlyn in Cornwall and started to study at first hand the local schooners, ketches and fishing boats. He was recalled to active service at the start of the Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of engineer commander in 1943 and mentioned in dispatches in 1944. Hill worked at the National Maritime Museum during the 1950s and after retirement passed over his large collection of negatives to the Historic Photographs collection. He was made Honorary Vice-President of the SNR in the year before his death.
See related materials at: MSS/74/077
Administrative / biographical background
Hill was an early member of the Society for Nautical Research and became well-known for his valuable work in recording traditional working craft of the British Isles, such as Brixham trawlers and Cornish luggers. Following his education at Uppingham School and Cambridge University, he worked on marine oil engines at John I. Thornycroft & Co Ltd. At the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Navy as an engineer officer. He served on the battlecruiser HMS TIGER, being present at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After demobilization in 1919, he established a marine engineering business and later worked in road transport. He lived at Newlyn in Cornwall and started to study at first hand the local schooners, ketches and fishing boats. He was recalled to active service at the start of the Second World War. He was promoted to the rank of engineer commander in 1943 and mentioned in dispatches in 1944. Hill worked at the National Maritime Museum during the 1950s and after retirement passed over his large collection of negatives to the Historic Photographs collection. He was made Honorary Vice-President of the SNR in the year before his death.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MSS/70/131; MS1970/131 MSS/70/131 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Uncatalogued material |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Date made: | 1855-1944 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |