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Account of a fortnight spent on the steam trawler CASHMERE.
Handwritten account by John McGivering of a fortnight spent on the steam trawler CASHMERE (1892), owned by the Liverpool Steam Fishing Co. Ltd.
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Object Details
ID:
MGV/59
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
McGivering, John
Date made:
circa 1900
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
McGivering, John Harold, Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Naval Reserve, 1923-2019. (Manuscript)
Oxford University school certificate, 1940. (Manuscript) (MGV/4)
Admiralty memorandum on naval court-martial procedures, 1940. (Manuscript) (MGV/5)
Home Guard identity card and armband, 1940. (Manuscript) (MGV/6)
Service certificates, 1941-1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/7)
Official telegrams and letters relating to RNVR service, 1941-1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/8)
Identity cards and other official papers, 1942-1974. (Manuscript) (MGV/9)
Air raid instructions and rota, 1942. (Manuscript) (MGV/10)
Notebook used during seamanship course. (Manuscript) (MGV/11)
Post Office savings book, 1943-1955. (Manuscript) (MGV/12)
Active service edition of the New Testament, 1943. (Manuscript) (MGV/13)
Balance slips for officers mess account, 1945. (Manuscript) (MGV/14)
Receipts for books supplied by HMS Skirmisher II at Milford Haven, 1945. (Manuscript) (MGV/15)
Papers relating to the shore establishments HMS Tana and HMS Bambara, 1945-1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/16)
Mess bills relating to Ceylon, 1945-1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/17)
Account forms for equipment, and way bills for safe hand mail, 1946-1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/18)
Papers relating to McGivering's war gratuity and post-war credit of wages, 1947-1983. (Manuscript) (MGV/19)
Official order of release from active service, 1947. (Manuscript) (MGV/20)
RNVR Club and Naval Club membership cards, 1947-1981. (Manuscript) (MGV/21)
Admiralty booklet 'Naval Discipline Act, 1957. 5 & 6 Eliz. 2 CH. 53.' (Manuscript) (MGV/22)
Commission as a lieutenant in the RNVR, 1962. (Manuscript) (MGV/23)
Papers regarding the disbandment of the Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (RNVSR), 1965. (Manuscript) (MGV/24)
'Mariner's Card ' navigation aid. (Manuscript) (MGV/25)
Pad of blank naval R/T message sheets. (Manuscript) (MGV/26)
Letters, postcards and telegrams, 1924-1948. (Manuscript) (MGV/27-38)
RNVR Christmas cards, 1930-1939. (Manuscript) (MGV/39)
Invitations for the RNVR Club annual reunion dinner, 1920-1968. (Manuscript) (MGV/40)
Various family papers, including a family tree, 1914 - 191961. (Manuscript) (MGV/41)
Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of the Harold Greenhalgh Memorial Window, 1950. (Manuscript) (MGV/42)
Birth certificate of John Harold McGivering, 1923. (Manuscript) (MGV/43)
Death certificate of John McGivering, 1971. (Manuscript) (MGV/44)
Handwritten family chronology. (Manuscript) (MGV/45)
Family papers and photographs. (Manuscript) (MGV/46-47)
Photographs, 1916-1966. (Manuscript) (MGV/48-58)
Account of a fortnight spent on the steam trawler CASHMERE. (Manuscript) (MGV/59)
Printed material. (Manuscript) (MGV/60-100)
List of collection items, with McGivering's comments on some of them. (Manuscript) (MGV/101)
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