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C. Dean Fonds
L1758 · Fonds · 1874

Fonds consists of a photocopy of an Admiralty bill of exchange for £100 dated at Panama, 17 April 1874 for the purchase of fresh provisions purchased by HMS Camelion.

Bullen Family Fonds
P3071 · Fonds · [ca. 1880] -1913

The photograph album includes thirty repair operations carried out by the Bullen yard 1906-1910. The postcard (ca. 1880) is of the officers of the HMS Swiftsure. The photographs are of Admiral Sir John E. Commerell (died 1901), First Naval V.C. Crimean War and of SS Princess Louise on the Fraser River, 1899. Also photographs of the first vessels repaired by Yarrows Ltd. (once Bullen's), Royal Navy Ships, and salvage vessels. Also a drawing (pencil or charcoal) of V.C. Admiral Commerell.

Bullen Family
L928 · Fonds · 1914-1918; 1929

Fonds consists of a book of clippings of the "Great War Naval Anniversaries, WWI" column, presented to the Senior Naval Officer, Esquimalt, Royal Canadian Navy, in 1929 on behalf of the B.C. Historical Association.

British Columbia Historical Association
Berra Fonds
L2756 · Fonds · 1914

Fonds consists of a pocket size sailor's New Testament. Belonged to Lieutenant Berra while aboard HMS Bulwark, which was blown up in 1914. He survived the sinking and had the book with him.

Berra, Lieutenant
Bee & George Wake Fonds
L1808 · Fonds · 1899-1900

Fonds consists of a handwriten letter and data salvages from the wreck of the Strathan, 1900. The letter is dated 29 September 1899 from Bee to George F. Wake, Esq. Also, a photograph of a young lady, presumed to be Bee. The two envelopes addressed to Mr. Wake are torn.

Wake, George
Barrie Sanford Fonds
008.023.0001-0008 · Fonds · 1915, 1937-1946

Fonds consists of
A 29 December 1939 issue of 'The Mid-Ocean and Colonial Government Gazette" newspaper,
A programme of the coronation celebrations in Shanghai China, 12 May 1937 and a programme supplement sea shanties,
A topographic map of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, 1915,
General correspondence dating to 1945 and 1946,
And, a 1 April 1939 issue of "The Illustrated London News".

Barbara Purvey Fonds
005.018.0001 · Fonds · 1919

Fonds consists of a German book titled "Bremen in der Deutschen Revolution" (Bremen in the German Revolution), published 1919. Book was taken from M/V Weser.

Barbara James Fonds
007.023.0003 · Fonds · 1913

Fonds consists of a handbook of signalling, 1913.

Arthur Wheeler Fonds
L1965 · Fonds · 1866

Fonds consists of a certificate of competency as master issued to Arthur Wheeler, 11 July 1866.

Wheeler, Arthur
Arthur Allen Fonds
986.028.0001 · Fonds · 1873

Fonds consists of a certificate appointing Mr. Arthur Allen to sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy dated 25 November 1873.

Allen, Mr. Arthur