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Sea shanties. (Manuscript)
DAW/15
Sea shanties, one sheet of holograph with two of typescript.
Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857. (Manuscript)
1837
DAW/13
Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857.
Station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861. (Manuscript)
1861
DAW/5
Service Career 1841-75: station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861.
Service Career 1841-75: commission and certificates covering whole of Dawkins naval career, including Freemasonry documents. (Manuscript)
1841-1875
DAW/1
Service Career 1841-75: commission and certificates covering whole of Dawkins naval career, including Freemasonry documents.
Press cuttings 1875-76. (Manuscript)
1875-1876
DAW/7
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: press cuttings 1875-76.
Journal, 1851-55, while serving in the MODESTE. (Manuscript)
1851-1855
DAW/2
Service career 1841-75: journal, 1851-55, while serving in the MODESTE.
Correspondence with the National Maritime Museum, personal letters, sea shanties and sketches. (Manuscript)
1866-1965
DAW/14-17
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Notebooks containing Dawkins own account of the loss of the VANGUARD and the proceeding following the loss, n.d. (Manuscript)
DAW/9
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: notebooks containing Dawkins own account of the loss of the VANGUARD and the proceeding following the loss, n.d.
Papers marked by Dawkins 'Important papers-VANGUARD', containing mainly semi-technical information about ship and circumstances of collision, n.d. (Manuscript)
DAW/10
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: papers marked by Dawkins 'Important papers-VANGUARD', containing mainly semi-technical information about ship and circumstances of collision, n.d.
Watercolour sketches of ships initialled by R M D and a photograph of Dawkins in 1895. (Manuscript)
1895
DAW/17
Pictures: watercolour sketches of ships initialled by R M D and a photograph of Dawkins in 1895.
Report to the Court Martial, Parliamentary return, 18 Feb 1876, and a copy of an act of 1747 for government of HM Ships, etc. (Manuscript)
1876-02-18
DAW/6
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: report to the Court Martial, Parliamentary return, 18 Feb 1876, and a copy of an act of 1747 for government of HM Shps, etc.
File containing miscellaneous papers and correspondence between J M Dawkins and the National Maritime Museum, 1965. (Manuscript)
1965
DAW/14
File containing miscellaneous papers and correspondence between J M Dawkins and the National Maritime Museum, 1965.
Drafts and printed copies of Captain Dawkins memorial to the Admiralty, 1877. (Manuscript)
1877
DAW/8
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: drafts and printed copies of Captain Dawkins memorial to the Admiralty, 1877.
Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins after court martial findings, Oct 1875. (Manuscript)
1875
DAW/11C
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins after court martial findings, Oct 1875.
Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, from Captain Dawkins to Mrs Dawkins during the summer of 1875 both before and after the collision, and in 1876. (Manuscript)
1875-1876
DAW/11A
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, from Captain Dawkins to Mrs Dawkins during the summer of 1875 both before and after the collision, and in 1876.
Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins immediately after the collision, September 1875. (Manuscript)
1875
DAW/11B
Vanguard Papers, 1875-76: private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins immediately after the collision, September 1875.
Letters written by Louisa Doyle, sister-in-law of Admiral Dawkins, expressing condolence on his death in 1896. (Manuscript)
1866-1961
DAW/16
Letters written by Louisa Doyle, sister-in-law of Admiral Dawkins, to her son John 1866 and 1875 (both incomplete) and to her sister Mary, Dawkin's widow, expressing condolence on his death in 1896, also a note by J M Dawkins 14 January 1961
Journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58. (Manuscript)
1856-1858
DAW/4
Service Career 1841-75: journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58.
Journal kept on board steam floating battery GLATTON which served in the Crimea, 1855-56. (Manuscript)
1855-1856
DAW/3
Service Career 1841-75: journal kept on board steam floating battery GLATTON which served in the Crimea, 1855-56.
Letters received by Dawkins after 1875, chiefly about further employment. (Manuscript)
1875
DAW/12
Letters received by Dawkins after 1875, chiefly about further employment.
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