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Fonds consists of:

L44
Island Tug & Barge Limited brochure titled "Salvage Ships at Work", c. 1954. Consisting of photos of company vessels and salvaged vessels.

L343
Pamphlet regarding the launching ceremony of Island Tug & Barge's Island Exporter, the world's largest deep-sea deck cargo barge, built by Yarrows, dated 9 June 1962.

P986.035.0001-0010
Pencil drawings of vessels, two of which are Island Tug & Barge Christmas cards on the reverse.

986.041.0003
Island Tug & Barge Limited cost breakdown sheets dating from 1950 to 1961.

986.042.0003-0004
Two letters from Lloyd's register of shipping, a letter from National Paper Products Company, and a blueprint drawing regarding the Island Tug & Barge barge Pacific Gatherer (being renamed to Island Gatherer), dating to 1935-1936.

Fonds consists of a log book titled "The Log of the Second Commission of HMS Cardiff" 27 February 1919 to 14 December 1920, a 1933 programme of races for the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, and a commissioning booklet of HMCS Saskatchewan, dated 16 February 1963.

Fonds consists of a specification pamphlet for M/V Haida Monarch and a video titled "Haida and the Cranemakers".

Fonds consists of a scrapbook concerning John Edward Hill, including photos, certificates, letters, poems, and newspaper clippings relating to his work dating from 1897 to 1925 first in England and then for Canadian Pacific Railway. Scrapbook also includes general material relating to vessels and maritime events around Victoria and some promotional materials for cruise ships.

L350
Commissioning booklet of HMCS Saskatchewan, dated 16 February 1963.

L718
Programme for the presentation of colours and graduation exercises to the Canadian Services College Royal Roads by his excellency Major General Georges P. Danier, governor general of Canada, 25 May 1962.

L1872
Document, invitations, and pamphlet regarding the Royal Canadian Navy's centennial celebrations, introduction to Canada's Centennial Naval Assemblies, and CNAV Endeavour.

L1955
Canadian Coast Guard list of ships summary - vessels operated by the department of transport, dated 1967.

L2486
Maritime Museum of British Columbia souvenir guide book published under authority of trustees of the museum in 1969. Introduction signed by Director J.W.D. Symons.

Fonds consists of ship plans and assorted documents and memorabilia relating to British Columbia shipbuilders, dating from 1918 to 1999.

008.031

2. Victoria Machinery Depot Limited magazine detailing the building of SEDCO 135F, a semi-submersible oil drilling vessel built between 1965 and 1967
3. Yarrows Limited magazine regarding ship building, ship repairs, and industrial fabrication
4. Yarrows Limited plastic folder cover.

008.048

1. VHS titled “The Legend of Gunpowder Gertie: Pirate Queen of the Kootenays”, 1999; and typed history of Gunpowder Gertie
2. Tyrant Queen ship plan (missing)
3. Dockmasters log book for Point Hope Dockings, dating from 1 January 1966 to 1 September 1969
4. C.J. Hendry Co. complete marine, hardware, and fishermen’s supplies catalogue, 1945
5. Two Yarrows Limited cost of docking, cleaning, and painting in the Esquimalt dry dock ledgers, one blank, one with one page filled out
6. Master check list appendix to form DDP 408 time-schedule and man-hour estimates DDE 261-64. Published by the Department of Defence shipbuilding branch, dated 1 February 1965
7. Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. cost accounts with memorandum introducing the associated documents dated 17 May 1989
8. April 1987 issue of Victoria’s Marine Magazine (in the format of a newspaper)
9. 11 January 1919 issue of The Foundation Shipyard Savings magazine/newspaper and a photocopy.
10. Photocopy of a typewritten historical account titled “The Historical Background of Ship Building on the Point Hope Shipyard Site”
11. Photocopy of book titled “Shipbuilding and Shipbuilders of British Columbia with Allied Industries”, edited by Aitken Tweedale, 1918
12. British Columbia Toll Authority Ferry System, Vancouver-Victoria schedule effective 15 June 1960.
13. Point Hope Shipyard Company Limited folder containing information and history of the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility and a photocopy of an informational booklet
14. Bound book of lesson plans for Royal Canadian Navy ship builder apprentice
15. Three blueprints for M/V Lady Sylvia and M/V Lady Rose
16. Blueprint for TSMV Princess of Vancouver, printed on canvas
17. Burrard Yarrows Corporation Estimation and analysis of Navy shipbuilding program disruption costs, authored by Captain Colin Hammon and Dr. David R. Graham, Center for Naval Analyses, 1984
18. B.C. Ferries promotional magazine described as “a complete pictorial study of B.C.’s Ferry Fleet including sea and land maps)
19. Yarrows Limited promotional magazine titled “Shipbuilding, Ship Repairs and Industrial Fabrication”
20. Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited promotional magazine
21. Nine sheets of lined paper showing specs and sketches of different ships, all handwritten
    22 - 23. Nine ship plans

Fonds consists of assorted books, documents, and photographs received from HMCS Naden or related to the history and operations of HMCS Naden, HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, CFB Esquimalt, and the Royal Canadian Navy in and around Victoria and Esquimalt.

L242:
Record book titled "Naval Records No. 305" consisting of records of correspondence to and from Esquimalt from 1904 to 1906.

L243:
Record book titled "Naval Records No. 305" consisting of records of correspondence to and from Esquimalt from 1903 to 1907.

L304:
Esquimalt Naval Establishment Records Part I dating from 21 August 1862 to 30 December 1871. Also includes indexes to parts II and III.

L305:
Esquimalt Naval Establishment Records Part II dating from 11 January 1871 to 18 August 1857.

L306:
Esquimalt Naval Establishment Records Part III dating from 14 July 1875 to 14 December 1881.

L487:
Booklet containing a list of items for new works, buildings, and repairs, proposed to be inserted in the estimates for 1904-1905 for Esquimalt Naval Yard including two pages of estimated costs for the naval yard and the victualling yard.

L781:
Folder containing accounts instructions regarding entry, discharge, payment, etc. of workmen at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt in 1915.

P821:
Invitation from Yarrows Limited for the launching of the second caisson being built by them for the new government dry dock in Esquimalt.

L1220:
Canadian War Museum booklet describing the military history of Canada and a minute sheet that was slipped inside.

L1259:
Booklet titled "Royal Canadian Navy, Pacific Command, Navy at Esquimalt" dated 17 August 1955.

L1298:
Report of proceedings in the Department of Naval Service for the week ending 28 November 1919 from Canadian Naval Staff Officer to the Captain Superintendent at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt.

L1697:
Map of HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt showing buildings and data on buildings, ca. 1965.

L1698:
Pamphlet titled "Instructions for the use of the modified Battenburg and examples of the solution of certain standard problems".

L1700:
Department of Marine & Fisheries contract between His Majesty, The King and Messrs. The Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited, Victoria BC for two steel single screw cargo steamers of 8,100 T. Deadweight each, dated 29 January 1919.

L1701:
List of costs for Harbour Marine Company Limited. Cost construction as at 31 January 1921.

L2406:
Booklets titled "Portage by-laws for the district of Yale and New Westminster established by the Pilotage authority" published in Vancouver by Thomson Bros, 1894.

L2407:
Booklet titled "Rules and Regulations for the management and working of the graving dock at Esquimalt, BC", published in Ottawa by Queen's Printer, 1890.

L2475:
Programme for the acceptance ceremony of CNAV Endeavour, 9 March 1965 at Yarrows Limited, Esquimalt.

L3097:
Booklet titled "Instructions for Running and Care and Maintenance of 'D' Type Engines" dated 4 June 1918.

L3541:
Deck log book used by HMCS Naden at Esquimalt with entries relating to HMCS Naden, HMCS Ontario, HMCS Stadacona, HMCS Cornwallis, HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabascan, HMCS Rockcliffe, HMCS Unicorn, HMCS Sioux, and HMCS Chatham, dating from 4 April to 29 April 1950.

979.097.0001
Article titled "Esquimalt Dockyard's First Building" dated 16 October 1946. Appears to have been cut out of a book or magazine.

982.027.0001:
Boarding officers' packet consisting of a cardboard box containing language cards in 15 languages and an illustrations card.

982.027.0002:
A 1962 boarding officers' packet consisting of a black leather pouch containing cards to assist visiting officers, specifically "hints for visiting officers", a card of illustrations, and language cards with useful questions and phrases in 25 languages.

983.018.0001:
Programme and map guide for Armed Forces Day, 1983 held at CFB Esquimalt.

983.018.0002:
1983 Armed Forces Day sticker.

984.009.0001:
Programme for the Commissioning Ceremony, Second Canadian Minesweeping Squadron, HMCS Comox and HMCS James Bay at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, 3 May 1954.

984.030.0001:
Blank log book titled "Gunner's Naval Ordnance Torpedo Store Account Expense Book".

984.030.0002:
Two blank tactical exercise and torpedo practice forms, 1926.

984.035.0001:
Rough signal log book, N.S.O., Esquimalt dating from August to September 1917.

984.035.0002:
Officers' victualling, leave, and checkbook.

984.035.0003:
Inspection of public money record book for the HMCS Rainbow dating to 1918.

984.035.0004:
Schedules of accounts record book for HMCS Shearwater and Rainbow dating from 1 January 1917 to 1920.

984.035.0005:
Officers' pay book for HMCS Rainbow dating from 30 April 1918 to 30 April 1920.

984.035.0007:
R.C.N. gunnery school classes log book dated 1 January 1938.

984.035.0008.1:
Bank books dating from 28 August 1919 to May 1920.

984.035.0008.2:
Correspondence between the chief accountant of the Department of Naval Services and the commanding officer of HMCS Shearwater and the commander officer of HMCS Rainbow. Also, one deposit notice from the Bank of Montreal to the Paymaster of the Royal Naval College, Esquimalt. Dating from 1919 to 1920.

992.028.0002:
Book of Royal Canadian Navy navigation charts/maps in the Pacific around Vancouver Island, Alaska, and Hawaii. Stamped by HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt chart depot, 26 November 1964.

010.048.0003-0008:
Photographs of miscellaneous vessels in Victoria and Esquimalt Harbour dating from 1964 to 1971, photographs of HMCS Oriole in 1970, photographs of CCGS Racer in 1963, photographs of side shell damage and repair on M/V Don Ramon in 1965, close up photographs of a barge hull, and photographs of the log barge Island Yarder at Yarrows Warf in 1965.

Fonds consists of assorted log books dating from 1848 to 1976.

L238:
Signals Log for HMCS Armentieres dating from 22 October 1928 to 28 May 1929.

L552:
Deck log book from HMCS Armentieres dating from 16 April 1931 to July 1931.

L553:
Log book for HMCS Naden dating from 1929 to 1930.

L750:
Log book containing handwritten meeting minutes of the committee on establishment of permanent and consumable stores dating from March to May 1912.

L857:
Log book containing Data on Warships and other vessels supported by HMC Dockyard 1898-1917. This ledger appears to have been compiled by a dockyard official and contains several sets of records including all warships and other vessels supported by the Dockyard from 1898 to 1917, colliers that arrived Esquimalt from 1914 to 1917 with quantities of coal discharged and sources (whether Welsh or local or Australian), names of Admiralty colliers and transports that called at Esquimalt in 1915, a brief descriptions of coaling stations on the BC coast, lists of personnel employed in Esquimalt Dockyard from 1911 to 1917, wages paid from 1914 to 1915, and record of times to coal ships on various dates in 1917 which records how long coaling took and the average rate per hour.

L859:
Shipwright's journal from HMCS Ontario. The original journal pages have been cut out and replaced with plans and diagrams.

L874:
Official Log book of the Canadian Sealing Schooner Dora Sieward dated 18 January 1898. Also includes general regulations.

L1410:
Visitor's book.

L1411:
Blank log book for Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, ca. 1920s.

L2811a-d:
Signal log books for HMS Triumph dating from January 1882 to August 1884 and a signal log book for HMS Swiftsure dating from August to November 1884.

L3316a-b:
Journals consisting of notes, messages, and reflections dating from 31 July to 5 October 1916 and 6 October to 24 November 1916.

L3540:
Log book of HMCS Patrician dating from 1 January 1928 to 28 February 1921.

L4505:
Telegram registers dating from 6 August 1914 to 22 November 1915

984.031.0001-0003:
HMCS Patrician night rounds books dating to 1927.

985.076.0001-0006:
Specification booklets for various vessels including SS Canada Maru, SS Sima, SS Chouk, SS Saga, SS Sind, and SS Sarak dating from 1916 to 1918 and 1941.

986.042.0006:
(In ARC 59, need info)

986.098.0001-0002:
Undated gunners' Ledgers for explosive and non-explosive torpedo stores.

993.003.0052-0053:
Captain's Night Order Books dating from 1955 to 1957.

993.003.0054-056:
(in ARC 52, need info)

001.004.0005:
Log book of HMS Trafalgar dating from 1848 to 1868.

2023.021.0001:
Pilot House log of the Princess Marguerite from 1976.