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Admiralty Compass Observatory
Airy, George Biddell
Albyn Line Ltd
Aldous, William Lens
Allbon, Elizabeth Frances
Allen, George James
Anderson, Roger Charles
Anonymous
Army School of Cookery for India, Poona
Austen, Francis William
Barlow, Edward
Beatty, David
Beatty, William
Berry, Edward
Bombay Office of the Board of Trade, Register General of Shipping and Seamen
Boteler, Thomas
Brandon, Vivian R.
Briggs, Enid Semple
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
British Records Association
Buckell, E. W. C.
Buckell, Edward
Buckley, Frederick Arthur
Burridge, Richard
Butt, James Henry
C. W. Kellock & Co
Cairn Line Of Steamships Limited
Calcutta Office of the Board of Trade, Register General of Shipping and Seamen
Cary, Anthony
Catto, John
Chine Shipping Co. Ltd
Churchill, George
Coast Lines Ltd
Codrington, Edward
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Collinson, Richard
Columbine, Edward Henry
Corbett, Julian Stafford
Cornwallis, Charles
Cornwallis, William
Crickmay, William
Dannreuther, Hubert Edward
Dannreuther, Tristan
Daunt, Robert
Denning, Norman Egbert
Dillon, Charles Henry
Dobbie, William Hugh
Domvile, Barry Edward
Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital Society
Elphinstone, George Keith
Evans, Thomas
Fairfax, Robert
Fellowes, James
Fonnereau
Frank C. Strick & Co Ltd
Fund, Royal Seamen's Pension
Furness Withy & Co Ltd
Geary, Francis
General Steam Navigation Company
Gosselin, Thomas Le Marchant
Haddock, Richard
Hamilton, Commander Archibald
Hamilton, Frederick Adam
Heald, Charles Brehmer
Hedger, Philip
Heinemann, Judith A.
Herbert, Thomas
Hickey, Deputy Inspector-General Thomas Canning
Hickey, Elizabeth Grace
Hiorns & Miller
HM Admiralty
HMS Dauntless
Hood, Alexander
Hood, Samuel
Hoste, William
Houblon, John
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon Conferences
Ingram, Bruce Stirling
Inspector of Seamen's Wills, Inspector Of Seamen'S
James Nourse Ltd.
Jephson, William
Jervis, John
Jones, Harold Spencer
Kendall, James
Legge, George
Letters
Lewin, Terence Thornton
London and Rochester Trading Company Ltd.
Lord-Macquitty Collection
Lubbock, Alfred Basil
Malcolm, Charles
Marsden, Reginald Godfrey
Martin, Thomas Byam
May, William Edward
Maze, Frederick William
Mendoza y Rios, Josef de
Milne, Alexander
Milne, Archibald Berkeley
Mitchell, David
Modley, Thomas James
Moon, Signalman William Hubert
Mundy, George
Naval Manuscripts, Royal United Service Institution
Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders
Nepean, Evan
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Oliphant, Laurence Richard
Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Page, Benjamin William
Parker, William
Pell, Watkin Owen
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Phillimore, Augustus
Pitcairn-Jones, Lewis John
Poona Office of the Board of Trade, Register General of Shipping and Seamen
Porter, James
Priestman, Henry
Prince Line Ltd
Purvis, John Child
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen
Relf, Richard
Roberts, Arthur
Rodney, George Brydges
Rooke, George
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Royal Seamen'S Pension Fund, 1912-1980
Sailors' Home & Red Ensign Club
Scobell, Henry
Scott, Robert Falcon
Seamen, Registrar General Of Shipping And
Sergison, Charles
Serres, Dominic
Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Limited
Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association, Shipbuilders and Repairers National
Sims, George W.
Sinclair, Hugh Francis Paget
Smith, George Frederick
Smith, Hector
Society for Nautical Research
South Africa Conference
South Western Steam Packet Company
Stilwell, Henry
Sutherland, B.J., & Co Ltd
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets
Thomas, Frederick Jennings
Tizard, Thomas Henry
Tunstall, William Cuthbert Brian
Waldegrave, William
Wharton, Goodwin
Wilkes, Samgarnebo Samuel
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Uncatalogued (Manuscript)
1833-01-01 - ?
MSS/85/005
Uncatalogued: Monograph on the wrecking of the SS WILTSHIRE, 1922. (Manuscript)
1973
MSS/77/086
Xerox letter from Robert Liddle to his father describing wreck of the BLENDEN HALL. (Manuscript)
1822-01-01 - ?
MSS/77/053
Elizabeth McCrow, Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in USA and Australia, photographs and ephemera, Second World War. (Manuscript)
1939-1946
WRN/16
Diary of The Battle of Bombardment of the Dardenelles dated 1915. (Manuscript)
1915-01-01 - ?
JOD/313
Journal and transcript relating to Edward Buckell, surgeon on the MALACCA, 1849-1851 (Manuscript)
1849-1994
JOD/287/1-2
Two letters signed by George Biddell Airy thanking for items borrrowed from Captain Toynbee and John Murray. (Manuscript)
1872-01-01 - ?
AGC/A/8
Nurses' register and records of training (indexed) for nurses joining 25 March 1965-1 May 1968. (Manuscript)
1965-01-01 - 1968-12-31
DSH/405
Crew lists for the JAMAICA PRODUCER (Manuscript)
c.1957-1978
JBP/4/6/2
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Reverend Anthony Shepherd. (Manuscript)
1764-10-15
MSK/3/8
Battle of Sevastopol, 17 October 1859. (Manuscript)
1859-10-17
HSR/Z/43
Correspondence With Stockholders Concerning Non-Participation Of Preferred Stockholders In Bonus Issues. (Manuscript)
1938-10
P&O/22/7
Sea Staff (Pursers & Stewards) - Reports On Pursers, Stewards-In-Charge And Head Stewards 1949-1953. (Manuscript)
1949-1953
P&O/77/40
Miscellaneous items including photos, certificates and ephemera relating to Lewin, 1941-1982 (Manuscript)
1941-1982
LWN/1/43-47
Private journal kept by Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, 1890-1895. (Manuscript)
1890-1895
SCL/102
Letter from Sir William Hoste to his mother. (Manuscript)
1813-12-18
HOS/2/6
Bank receipts, 1727-1806. (Manuscript)
1727-1806
GSS/8
Miscellaneous extracts from various books, re: the history of the compass, folder labelled 'L' (Manuscript)
MAA/29
Adm-Fleet Matthew Aylmer, Lord: signature on orders dated 17 Jul 1710 and 23 July 1710. (Manuscript)
1710-01-01 - 1710-12-31
AGC/1/8
MACAULAY - accounts voyage 17, November 1961- January 1962 (Manuscript)
1961 - 1962
CNE/4/22
British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (Manuscript)
1918-1936-12-31
BIS/30/9
British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (Manuscript)
1921-1933-12-31
BIS/30/3
DDiary kept by Domvile 17 July 1919-19 March 1920 (Manuscript)
1919-01-01 - 1920-12-31
DOM/34
Diary kept by Domvile 17 June 1918-13 January 1919 (Manuscript)
1918-01-01 - 1919-12-31
DOM/32
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