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Diagrams illustrating relationship between convoy size and escort numbers. (Manuscript) circa 1958 WTS/30/19
Folder containing several sub-folders and loose sheets, all diagrams relating to convoy, from a number of different studies. Some are photocopies or photographs, others appear to be printed.
U-Boat Aces. (Manuscript) 1959 WTS/30/17
Booklet containing a short paper by Waters on "U-Boat Aces", 41 particularly successful U-boat commanders of the Second World War. Dated 1 June 1959.
Study material for students of Anti-Submarine Warfare. (Manuscript) 1959 WTS/30/16
Booklet written by Waters in May 1959 for students of anti-submarine warfare, containing a short bibliography.
Second World War: The Campaign against Merchant Shipping, General notes and Statistics. (Manuscript) 1959-1960 WTS/30/14
Second World War: The Campaign against Merchant Shipping, General notes and Statistics. A copy of a document dated March 1959, and an extra two pages of figures dated 1960.
Convoy as a Mine Countermeasure in Two World Wars. (Manuscript) 1953-1954 WTS/30/3
Convoy as a Mine Countermeasure in Two World Wars. A researched and written by Commanders D.W. Waters and F. Barley. Contains annotations in both authors' hands.
Review of "Richmond, the late Admiral Sir Herbert" (edited by K.A. Hughes), in The Navy as an Instrument of Policy, 1558-1727. (Manuscript) 1953-1954 WTS/30/4
Review of "Richmond, the late Admiral Sir Herbert" (edited by K.A. Hughes), in The Navy as an Instrument of Policy, 1558-1727, Cambridge University Press, 1953, written by D.W. Waters for the English Historical Review.…
The Philosophy and Conduct of Maritime War, 1815-1945. (Manuscript) 1958 WTS/33/14
Philosophy and Conduct Of Maritime War, 1815 to 1945, from the Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service, Vol. 13, July 1958.
Reviews of D.W. Water's book "The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times". (Manuscript) 1958-1960 WTS/30/10
Circa 25 reviews from various publications of D.W. Waters's The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times, published in 1958. Also contains a dust jacket from the book, and a list of places review copies were sent.
Reprints of Manuscripts and Books on Navigation Printed before 1700. Portuguese. (Manuscript) WTS/41/2/17
Small ring-binder containing an index of reprints in English, French and Portuguese of manuscripts and books on Portuguese navigation printed before 1700.
Portugese Printed Navigational Books 1485-1699. (Manuscript) WTS/41/2/13
Ring-binder containing typed and handwritten notes, including a chronological list, a Short Title Catalogue, some photographs of title-pages of said printed books.
Correspondence from Italian prison commandant Major Colaccino. (Manuscript) 1958-1959 WTS/40/3
Two pieces letters from Italian prison commandant Major Colaccino dated 1958 and 1959, with whom Waters got in contact after the war. The letters are written in French. Waters had been a prisoner of war in Italy in 1940.…
Historical Survey of Shipping Protection in the Twentieth Century. (Manuscript) 1959-06-09 WTS/30/15
Historical Survey of Shipping Protection in the Twentieth Century, a paper presented at HMS EXCELLENT, 9 June 1959 by Waters. In a folder titled "Convoy Patrol and Principles of War", which previously also contained several research resources on those topics (Relevant material WTS/35-38.)
Portuguese Navigational Manuscripts, 1485-1699. (Manuscript) WTS/41/2/14
Ring-binder containing typed and handwritten notes in various formats, chiefly made up of a chronological list of Portuguese navigational manuscripts.
Liverpool Shipping Week official book and programme, 1931. (Manuscript) 1931 WTS/37/5
Printed publication: Liverpool Shipping Week official book and programme, 1931.
Extracts from "History of Lloyds & of Marine Insurance in Great Britain" by F. Martin. (Manuscript) WTS/36/7
13 pages of typed extracts from "History of Lloyds & of Marine Insurance in Great Britain" by F. Martin.
Hudleston papers, "Part 4: George III, 25 October 1760 to 1792, Compiled by Captain R. Hudleston, R.N. in 1912". (Manuscript) WTS/35/5
Historical outline of the various measures adopted for "The Protection of Trade", "The Annoyance of the Enemy", "The Manning of the Navy" and "The Encouragement of Mariners" including references to minor associated matters based on the "Orders in Council&…
Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty’s Services at Sea. (Manuscript) WTS/36/3
Typed copy of a 1731 Admiralty document “Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty’s Services at Sea” with handwritten annotations.
Hudleston papers, "Part 1: Early times to 1688". (Manuscript) WTS/35/1
Historical outline of the various measures adopted for "The Protection of Trade", "The Annoyance of the Enemy", "The Manning of the Navy" and "The Encouragement of Mariners" including references to minor associated matters based on the "Orders in Council&…
Miscellaneous. (Manuscript) WTS/36/12
3 small pages of handwritten quotes from various publications, and a typed quote from Genesis I; 9, 10.
Hudleston papers, "Trade Defence in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1801". (Manuscript) WTS/35/9
Historical outline of the various measures adopted for "The Protection of Trade", "The Annoyance of the Enemy", "The Manning of the Navy" and "The Encouragement of Mariners" including references to minor associated matters based on the "Orders in Council&…
Operational Research cuttings. (Manuscript) WTS/38/2
Circa 25 press cuttings from publications such as The Times, The Listener and The New Scientist, on a wide variety of topics, from the 1950s and 1960s.