Uncatalogued: Sheasby, Sidney Frederick, Master Mariner, 1889-1978

Apprenticeship indenture and letters of recommendation, 1906-1911. Private log made as an apprentice and able seaman on board the barque EARL CADOGAN, 1909-1911. Notebook on ship construction made at Ruhleben civilian internment camp (Barrack 4), Germany, 1914 - 1918. Certificate confirming his duties as instructor and librarian in the Nautical Department, Ruhleben Camp School, 1915-1918. Two diaries dedicated from Ruhleben internment camp to his future wife Miss L. Paynter, 1915-1918. Board of Trade Continuous Certificate of Discharge, 1919-1921. Notebook recording details of voyages, cargo handling, port procedures, 1946-1960. Eleven personal diaries from 1941, 1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1954 and 1958. Loose papers including typescript copies of letters written to a school in Alfold, Surrey, participating in a ship adoption scheme, from the PENDEEN and MENASTONE, circa 1950-1955. Please contact archive staff for more information about ordering from this collection.
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Object Details

ID: MSS/76/137
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1906 - 1958; 1909-01-01 - ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 2 boxes
Parts: Manuscript