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Papers marked by Dawkins 'Important papers-VANGUARD', containing mainly semi-technical information about ship and circumstances of collision, n.d. (Manuscript)
DAW/10
Correspondence with the National Maritime Museum, personal letters, sea shanties and sketches. (Manuscript)
1866-1965
DAW/14-17
Notebooks containing Dawkins own account of the loss of the VANGUARD and the proceeding following the loss, n.d. (Manuscript)
DAW/9
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)
1876-01-01 - ?
DAW/6
File containing miscellaneous papers and correspondence between J M Dawkins and the National Maritime Museum, 1965. (Manuscript)
1965-01-01 - ?
DAW/14
Watercolour sketches of ships initialled by R M D and a photograph of Dawkins in 1895. (Manuscript)
1895-01-01 - ?
DAW/17
Letters received by Dawkins after 1875, chiefly about further employment. (Manuscript)
1875-01-01 - ?123-1
DAW/12
Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins after court martial findings, Oct 1875. (Manuscript)
1875-01-01 - ?
DAW/11C
Drafts and printed copies of Captain Dawkins memorial to the Admiralty, 1877. (Manuscript)
1877-01-01 - ?
DAW/8
Private letters sorted by J M Dawkins, of sympathy received by Captain and Mrs Dawkins immediately after the collision, September 1875. (Manuscript)
1875-01-01 - ?
DAW/11B
Letters written by Louisa Doyle, sister-in-law of Admiral Dawkins, expressing condolence on his death in 1896. (Manuscript)
1866-01-01 - 1961-12-31
DAW/16
Journal kept on board steam floating battery GLATTON which served in the Crimea, 1855-56. (Manuscript)
1855-1856-12-31
DAW/3
Journal kept in HM steam ship ESK 1856-57, in COMUS 1858, and CALCUTTA, 1857-58. (Manuscript)
1856-1858-12-31
DAW/4
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)
1875-1876-12-31
DAW/11A
Sea shanties. (Manuscript)
DAW/15
Station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861. (Manuscript)
1861-01-01 - ?
DAW/5
Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857. (Manuscript)
1837-01-01 - ?
DAW/13
Journal, 1851-55, while serving in the MODESTE. (Manuscript)
1851-1855-12-31
DAW/2
Press cuttings 1875-76. (Manuscript)
1875-1876-12-31
DAW/7
Service Career 1841-75: commission and certificates covering whole of Dawkins naval career, including Freemasonry documents. (Manuscript)
1841-1875-12-31
DAW/1
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