Uncatalogued: James William Venus personal papers: (Stoker) DUKE OF WELLINGTON and (Chief stoker) of LEVIATHAN

Photograph of William James Venus and a Christmas card from HMS LEVIATHAN, circa 1902, includes Venus's certificate of service in the Navy from 1895 to 1907; invitation for able seaman Joseph Benn, HMS CENTURION, to attend Banquet at Portsmouth Town Hall, 1901; printed sheet giving the disposition of the Grand Fleet from Firth of Forth to rendevous with the surrendered German High Seas Fleet, 21 November 1918.

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ID:	MSS/80/091
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1895-1918
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 oversize folder
Parts:	Manuscript Uncatalogued: Clarke, Henry James Langford, Vice-Admiral, 1866-1944. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/001) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/003) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/004) Uncatalogued: Munday, Albert, Mechanical Engineer, Fl.1914 - 1918 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/006) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/007) Uncatalogued: Letters and articles on George Henry Ingouville, RN, VC, prepared by Canon Lumas. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/008) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/009) Uncatalogued: Surrender of German warships in Rottersdam, 1945. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/010) Uncatalogued: Upham, Neville Edward, Master Mariner, 1927-2016 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/011) Uncatalogued: Letter written by S Stuart to the Storekeeper of Ordnance, 1746. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/012) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/013) Uncatalogued: Minutes detailing the Battle of Jutland from HMS MARLBOROUGH. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/014) Uncatalogued: Collection of Documents associated with Rear Admiral R K Dickson (1898-1952). (Manuscript) (MSS/80/015) Uncatalogued: Memorable events the year 1755 to 1762 written by Dr Lemon in 1765. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/016) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/018) Uncatalogued: 2 letters from George Hilderyard Tennyson (1809-1871), to his parents, September and October 1827 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/019) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/020) Uncatalogued: J & R Greaves, shipbuilders: contracts. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/021) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/023) Uncatalogued: Yachting journal kept by the owner, Thomas Aveling of Rochester and his family and friends (written in several hands). (Manuscript) (MSS/80/024) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/026) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/028) Uncatalogued: Letter from the Governor of Nassau, J. Walker to Captain Philip R. Sharpe, HMS LAPWING. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/029) Uncatalogued: Typescript news bulletins from Naval Commander Force 'S'. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/032) Uncatalogued: Report on patrol of HMS TEUTONIC for interception of KRISTIANAFIORD written by Captain A H Smyth. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/033) Uncatalogued: Small journal kept by William Whittam, HMS SCEPTRE, of a voyage to India, 1782. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/034) Uncatalogued: Letterbook kept by W Blackler between 1845 and 1855, merchant ship TONQUIN with small volume containing notes for purchasing cargo in Canton for shipment to America, 1841. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/036) Uncatalogued: Journal kept by John Bayley in HMS ZEALANDIA. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/037) Uncatalogued: Typescript (photocopies) of 'Handover Notes' written by Jack Isbester to Richard T. Newell, Fecamp, M.V. CLYDENES. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/038) Uncatalogued: Letters addressed to engraver Mr Silvester from members of the Ross family including Captain John Ross (1777-1856). (Manuscript) (MSS/80/040) Uncatalogued: Letters written by E Jordan, C.Y.S, to his sister, circa 1909 and two letters to Daisy, 1915 and 1918. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/041) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/045) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/046) Uncatalogued: Typescript volume entitled 'The Capture of Banda-Neira, Dutch East Indies, 9 August 1810; the personal narrative of Captain Sir Christopher Cole, RN, who commanded the expedition. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/047) Uncatalogued: Typescript copy of a translation of 'Under Gustav Erikson's Flag' (1948) by Georg Kahre and translated by Louis Mackay. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/048) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/050) Uncatalogued: Gandy, Gerard Leslie, Lieutenant Commander, 1900 - 1986 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/052) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/053) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/055) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/059) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/062) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/063) Uncatalogued: Notebooks and logbooks kept by Thomas Westlake, mathematician. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/064) Uncatalogued: Pilot's Flying Logbook, RNAS, kept by Sir Frederick Russell as a sub-lieutenant. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/065) Uncatalogued: Sea service records belonging to Henry E J Scouler, merchant service in the 1880s and 1890s. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/066) Uncatalogued: Xerox copies. Ships of West Cumberland by D. G. Sythes; list of deaths in area off coast of West Cumberland, circa 19th century and Shipbuilding at Whitehaven to 1889 by Daniel Hay. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/067) Uncatalogued: Logbook kept by Captain C. D. Belding, SS MIMOSA, 1893-1895. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/070) Uncatalogued: Service documents belonging to George Dawson Taylor and Harry Taylor. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/071) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/075) Uncatalogued: Typescript transcript of a diary kept by G Russell Pope (later captain, White Star Line/Cunard Line), ship ARISTIDES, on a voyage from London to Sydney. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/078) Uncatalogued: Williams, David, Master Mariner, 1876-1967. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/079) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/081) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/082) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/083) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/084) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/087) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/088) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/089) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of typescript entitled 'The Journal of William Reckitt', edited by Basil Reckitt. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/090) Uncatalogued: James William Venus personal papers: (Stoker) DUKE OF WELLINGTON and (Chief stoker) of LEVIATHAN (Manuscript) (MSS/80/091) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/093) Uncatalogued: Service records belonging to S. C. Riggs: apprenticeship indenture, 1908-1924, and a discharge book. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/094) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/096) Uncatalogued: Letter from L. Oliphant to Mrs. Pallett, with envelope. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/097) Uncatalogued: Pursey, Harry, Naval Officer and British Politician, 1891-1980 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/098) Uncatalogued: A scale of victualling 'any number of men, for any number of days, on full allowance, or on two thirds, ditto.' (Manuscript) (MSS/80/100) Uncatalogued: Copy of a statement by John Coates regarding the wreck of the brig MIDDLETON, 1893. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/101) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/102) A series of Hood family papers including letter to Sir Samuel Hood written Lt. Gen Sir Robert Brownrigg, dated 8 December 1812. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/103) Uncatalogued: Certificate of Henry Flack, HMS GLORY, 29 July 1841, certifying that he served on the ship between 1799 and 1802. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/104) Uncatalogued: Typescript xerox copy of a journal kept by George F McDougall, HMS SAMARANG, between 1842 and 1847. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/105) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/107) Uncatalogued: Muster book, HEIC ship ROYAL ADMIRAL, 1778-1780. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/110) Uncatalogued: Xerox copies of 3 letters by Admiral Marcus, RN ; a certificate; photocopy of Nelson's signa; and long letter to his father. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/113) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/116) Uncatalogued: Account of the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, November 1918, written by seaman P Chambers, HMS CALEDONIA. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/117) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/121) Uncatalogued: Sheppard, Robert. F. Paymaster Commander, 1896-1980 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/124) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/127) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/128) Uncatalogued: Small pocket watch and quarter bill kept by Second Master James Stanton Pyper, HMS JUNO. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/129) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/130) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/131) Uncatalogued: Taylor, Sir Geoffrey Ingram, Physicist and Engineer, 1886–1975 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/133) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/135) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/136) Uncatalogued: Papers of Captain Charles James Fox (Manuscript) (MSS/80/137) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/138) Uncatalogued: Two midshipman's logbooks kept by C W Muir: HMS NELSON, 1910-1911 and HMS WARRIOR and SOUTHAMPTON, 1912-1913. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/139) Uncatalogued: Typed brief history entitled 'Southampton Sailors' Home, 1861-1971' by George A. Ashwell. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/140) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/141) Uncatalogued: Typescript transcript of a journal kept by William Hall, in the 1860s. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/144) Uncatalogued: Log of the CENTURION, 1740-1744, kept by William McCleverty. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/145) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/146) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/147) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/148) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/149) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/150) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/151) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/152) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/153) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/154) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/155) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/157) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/160) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/161) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/162) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/163) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/164) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/165) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/166) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/167) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/168) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/169) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/171) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/172) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/173) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/174) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/176) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/178) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/180) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/184) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/185) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/186) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/187) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/188) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/189) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/190) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/191) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/192) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/193) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/194) Uncatalogued: Technical Aspects of War at Sea, 1940-1945 (Manuscript) (MSS/80/195) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/198) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/199) Uncatalogued: B. Tregaskes & Sons. (Manuscript) (MSS/80/202) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/203) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/204) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/205) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/206) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/207) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/208) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/209) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/210) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/213) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/214) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/80/217)

Uncatalogued: James William Venus personal papers: (Stoker) DUKE OF WELLINGTON and (Chief stoker) of LEVIATHAN

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