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980.094.0002
HMCS Magnificent wine list

980.094.0003
Commissioning booklet of HMCS Yukon, dated 25 May 1963

980.094.0004
BR 1984 Naval Staff Handbook dated 1953 (Missing)

980.094.0005
Commissioning booklet of the HMCS Algonquin, dated 3 November 1973

980.094.0006
Commissioning booklet of the HMCS Iroquois 29 July 1972

985.001.0001
Menu and programme for the New Year's Even Ball held in HMCS Naden's wardroom in 1984

985.066.0001
Informational pamphlet describing Admiral's House at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt from 1879-1979

985.066.0002
Invitation from Rear Admiral and Mrs. R.D. Yanow to Captain and Mrs. C.H. Shaw to a garden party to celebrate the centennial of Admiral's house to be held 1 July 1985

985.085.0001
Informational pamphlet describing Admiral's House at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt from 1879-1979 and an invitation and programme for the garden party celebrating the centennial of Admiral's house held by Rear Admiral & Mrs. R.D. Yanow, 1 July 1985

987.020.0001-0002
Invitation and programme for the 100th anniversary of the Esquimalt Naval Dry dock, 20 July 1987

987.030.0001-0002
Programme and invitation to the Maritime Forces Pacific change of command ceremony, 31 July 1987.

Fonds consists of

L600-L601

• Department of Naval Services files on HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt machinery and plant, prior to 1911 and from 1911 to 1914. Consists of specifications, reports, and correspondence dating primarily from 1895 to 1914.

984.030

• Binder containing envelopes full of confidential Department of the Naval Service documents.

986.030

• 75th Anniversary of the Naval Service of Canada event, a 1985 package including a news release, fact sheet, schedule of events and other documents as well as a pin and a Canadian Forces Pacific coin, a programme for the 75th anniversary fleet regatta, and a souvenir programme titled "shipmates ashore".

986.101

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, some written in pencil, dating from 21 April 1917 to 4 July 1917.

986.102

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, dating to July and August 1914. Vol 1 is carved into front cover.

986.104

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, dating from 16 July 1920 to 11 November 1920.

986.105

• Blank schedules of accounts log books for HMC ships.

986.107

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal dating from 19 December 1919 to 29 April 1920.

986.108

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, dating from 19 December 1919 to 29 April 1920. Also includes some correspondence.
• Department of the naval service log book of Royal Canadian Navy classes dating from 1929 to 1937.

986.109

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services for the Naval Intelligence Office, Esquimalt, BC naval messages cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal as well as many handwritten messages in pencil, dating from 1 December 1917 to 20 February 1920.

986.110

• Naval store office log of the Department of Naval Services kept by the naval store officer, dating from 11 August 1916 to 1 August 1917.

986.111

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages, cut out and pasted to the pages of the journal, some written in pencil, dating from 10 Februray 1915 to 10 August 1916.

986.112

• Telegraph register log book consisting of Department of Naval Services naval messages dating from 15 April 1915 to 30 July 1915.

986.113

• Log book “IX” dated February to May 1916.

986.115

• Department of External Affairs document issued by the secretary of state for the colonies to the governor general dated 23 May 1911, regarding the transfer of admiralty property to Esquimalt.

986.116

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

986.117

• Photocopy of an article titled "HMCS Bra D'or: Ten Years in Retrospect" by Thomas G. Lynch.

986.118

• Rivtow Marine Limited booklet containing specifications and information regarding the company and the Log Barge Rivtow Norseman dated 31 May 1969.

986.120

• Volume 5 Number 4 of "The Log", the annual review of the Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal Roads, B.C. dating to 1946.

Also contains log books from the Naval Yard at Esquimalt. Also contains a book of ships calculations for the Naval Technical School at Esquimalt.

Fonds consists of a journal and remark book kept by engineering lieutenant F.E.P. Haigh on HMS Warspite during the period of 28 March 1899 to 11 June 1902, including clippings, photos, and memorabilia.

Also includes a handwritten manuscript for the Christmas Pantomime "Robinson Crusoe or The Tail of a Treasure" performed at the Theatre Royal, Naval Yard, Esquimalt, and written and produced bu the gunroom officers of HMS Warspite.

Fonds consists of a souvenir programme for the British Columbia centenary naval review by HRH Princess Margaret, held on 15 July 1958.

Fonds consists of an invitation, a programme, and a newspaper clipping relating to the naming of the dock ceremony at CFB, Esquimalt, 1971.

Also includes blank cards with coloured drawings of Victoria and Vancouver Island sites from the 1800s and a scrapbook containing printed view cards of landmarks in Egypt and Quebec, cigarette card photos, and photos of various vessels.

Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia related to the personal and professional lives of Commander G.R. MacFarlane and John Macfarlane including documents collected during their time in naval training and during their careers as well as documents and ephemera collected during their travels.

George R. MacFarlane's collection consists of documents including notes, certificates of service, biographical information, medical records, records of examinations, reports, Canadian Forces Base, Esquimalt constitutions and by-laws, maps, charts, and correspondence dating from 1946 to the 1970s. Also includes identity cards and a war service badge dated 1998.

Also includes a booklet titled "Notes on Court Martial Procedure" published by the office of the deputy judge advocate with an 1956 HMCS Stettler stamp and three copies of a form titled "Particulars Respecting Candidate for Acting Sub-Lieutenant", revised November, 1933. Form has not been filled out.

John MacFarlane's collection consists of documents, exercise books, photographs, and memorabilia primarily related to John MacFarlane's time as a naval cadet in the 1960s including correspondence, naval messages, cards and invitations, receipts, leave request and authorization forms, notebooks, and general training documents. Also includes travel memorabilia from B.C. Ferries dating to the 1990s including tickets, baggage tags, and dinner menus, and ephemera related to the Holland American Line.

Also includes assorted naval memorabilia dating to the 1950s and 1960s including a Barry's Salmon label, a 1957 price list, a fishing licence, a list of steam launch operators, a programme for the annual inspection of RCSCC Rainbow, an instruction manual for basic slide rules, several hand drawn charts, a mariners compass, assorted tickets, a book of comics titled "Eod Antics" by Pholcox, a booklet celebrating 60 years of RCSCC Rainbow, commissioning booklets for HMCS Chaleur, Fundy, Thunder, Chignecto, naval cap tallies booklet volume 1, and a picture book of ships.

Also includes handwritten auditor general's reports from 1896 to 1897, 1914, 1930, and 1938; HMCS Stettler Dependents Day Cruise programme from 2 August 1957, a letter from the Department of National Defense from 15 July 1968, and Royal Sealink Express safety procedures.

Also includes a book titled "Navigators and Shipwrecks: Australia's Heritage in Stamps", published 1985 consisting of a complete stamp set slipped into sleeve in front of book. As well as an envelope addressed to Mrs. Kathleen MacFarlane, from the Navy Department dated 1961, a blank pad of Island Tug & Barge Limited time-slips, a blank pad of Department of Defence sight forms, a draft handbook on oceanography Northeast Pacific Ocean by Dr. L.F. Giovando, a 1989 calendar with John M. MacFarlane stamped onto front, and assorted business cards, photographs, labels from tinned salmon, postcards featuring images of various vessels, and some envelopes.

Also includes a document titled "Some Naval Customs and Social Practices" by Lieutenant-Commander F.E. Grubb, R.N.C., correspondence related to the British cemetery on San Juan Island, a booklet titled "Royal Tour of Canada 1959", a Maritime Museum newsletter from May 1992, and a newspaper clipping regarding Maritime Museum.

Fonds consists of photocopies of documents relating generally to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy and one informational booklet for the centennial of HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, photocopies of documents related to the service of William Charles Sawyer as a private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, including civilian occupation references, dating primarily to the 1890s, and photocopies of correspondence relating to the maintenance of the graves of Royal Marines on San Juan Island, including a sketch of the grave site.

Also includes a blank, sample certificate of apprenticeship for the Royal Canadian Navy, a certificate awarded to successful apprentices on completion of apprentice training in an HMC Dockyard, and a Centennial Naval Assemblies booklet produced by the Royal Canadian Navy for the 1967 Centennial Naval Review including photos and texts of naval assemblies.

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 documents and photographs relating to the Royal Canadian Navy donated by unknown donors between 1918 and 1987.

P79.7:
Form titled: "Part II Preparation for Battle (Torpedo)" for HMC ships, not filled out. Dated December 1920.

L110
Two copies of the commissioning booklet of HMCS Crescent, 1955.

L481
Navy Day 1952 and 1956 pamphlets.

L518
Navy Day 1955 pamphlet.

L559
Royal Naval College of Canada 1919 calendar.

L677
Commissioning booklet for HMCS Magnificent, held at the shipyard of Harland & Wolff Limited in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 April 1948.

L685
Programme outlining the Navy's Role in the events associated with an address delivered by Vice-Admiral H.T.W. Grant, chief of the naval staff to the Montreal United Service Institution at HMCS Donnaconna, 16 February 1948.

L765
Programme for HMCS Venture graduation ceremony, 1962.

L786
Two issues of the Falkland Island Weekly News, 28 March 1946 and 4 April 1946.

L806
Blank certificate book of HMC ships.

L829
Booklet titled "Up Spirits" introducing officers and ship's company serving on HMCS Vancouver.

P853
Drawing for proposed crest of HMCS Algonquin dated 2 March 194?

L900
large wooden scrapbook titled "Royal Canadian Navy Presentations of the Queen's Colour and Golden Jubilee Re-Union Dinner", 4 May 1960 at Esquimalt. Scrapbook contains photographs and the programme and invitation. Also includes 2 reels of film.

L907
Newspaper clippings regarding naval actions in World War II.

L910
Kit inspection lists for men dressed in class II uniform, revised 1953.

L1152
Magazine/ booklet detailing the commissioning of HMCS Margaree at HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, 15 October 1957.

L1222
Booklet containing instructions regarding the detention of enemy and neutral merchant ships in time of war dated 1914.

L1224
Record book consisting of an alphabetical list of “Man of Pacific Command undergoing AA3, LR, and QR3” courses in 1942.

L1225
Record book consisting of an alphabetical list of “Gunnery Ratings and Divers in the Pacific Command” during the 1930s with notes on promotions, releases, and death up to about 1956.

L1226
Record book consisting of an alphabetical list of Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command Ratings dating from 1929 to 1937.

L1241
File containing pamphlet and correspondence referring to Victoria Navy Day, 15 August 1956.

L1252
Report outlining the narrative of events of the Governor General's visit to Victoria, 20 to 23 July 1956 and the commemoration of the presentation of the King's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy. The name Mr. G.C. Cheeke is written on the folder.

L1261
Issue of "Our Navy" magazine, 1955. Includes a description of the Royal Canadian Navy and its activities.

L1284
Official souvenir programme for Navy Week, 8 to 14 August 1949.

L1347
Newspaper article from the “Victoria Daily Times” dating to Saturday, 27 June 1941 with images of insignia of fighting services of Canada and many army units.

L1350
Newspaper article from the “Victoria Daily Times” dating to Wednesday, 31 January 1945, regarding the sinking of HMCS Clayoquot and the survivors.

L2383-L2387
Assorted Christmas cards of HMC ships, HM ships, and the Royal Canadian Naval Radio Station, Halifax.

L3293
Pacific Command Naval Telephone Directory 1965.

L3318
Portfolio for papers consisting primarily of confidential naval intelligence reports relating
to HMCS Rainbow dating to World War I.

P3467
Postcard with map of the maiden voyage of HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Restigouche.

L3634
Naval messages dating from April to May 1945 regarding V.E. day celebrations.

P3836
Drawing of HMCS Bytown N.S.H.Q. crest.

L4057
Documents relating primarily to minesweeper HMCS Nootka, including correspondence, lists of materials and specifications, reports, and blueprints dating from 1937, 1938, and 1940.

L4145
Commissioning booklet of HMCS Saskatchewan, 16 February 1963.

P4271
Royal Canadian Navy photo album.

982.014
Crew list for HMCS Galiano including rank and address of next of kin for each crew member, dated October 1918 and 120 telegrams relating to voyages, loss of, and search for HMCS Galiano dating form 4 January 1918 to 14 November 1918.

983.001.0031
1944 R.C.N. Signal Card booklet.

983.050.0001
Blank pad of naval messages.

984.024.0009-0010
Booklet consisting of requisition for repair of ship's stores forms, not filled out. And a register of Heavy Gun Practice book, also blank.

984.052
Programme for the Presentation of Ceremonial Drums to the Pacific Command of the Royal Canadian Navy to be held 16 June 1961.

984.055
Photocopy of the new pay schedule effective 1 October 1962 for officers and men.

985.068
Royal Canadian Navy 50th Anniversary 1910-1960 sticker/decal.

P986.011.0001-0025
Transparency mounts of photographs relating to the Royal Canadian Navy.

987.023
Royal Canadian Navy 50th anniversary stickers and promotional ale labels dated 1960.

987.038
Programme for the change of command ceremony, 28 August 1987.

990.062
Two naval messages dated 1944 and a tracing form chart no.2282, navigation officer.

993.034
HMCS Stadacona Christmas Card.

998.087
Two commissioning booklets for HMCS Saskatoon dated 1998, two copies of HMCS Saskatoon newspapers dated 5 December 1998, two programmes for the commissioning ceremony of HMCS Saskatoon, three cards, and HMCS Saskatoon commissioning notes.

999.113
VHS of HMCS Vancouver titled "The Voyage Home".