Fonds consists of certificates of service with handwritten comments by the captains of a number of vessels including HMCS Rainbow and HMCS Niobe dating from 1913 to 1940. Also includes a collection of photographs mainly of ships but also of officers, parties, and drills. One photograph is of C.H. Brown receiving O.B.E. decoration. Also includes a souvenir programme of the presentation of the King's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy Western Command by HM King George VI, May 30, 1939.
Sem títuloFonds consists of a typed letter addressed to Rear Admiral E.W. Finch-Noyes recounting the writer's experience of the near sinking of the HMCS Grilse in 1916 and a newspaper clipping from 1916 that states that Grilse and all men are believed to be lost.
Also includes commissioning booklets of HMCS Saquenay, Skeena, Margaree, and Chaudiere, dating from 1956, 1957, and 1959, and a programme for the presentation of the Queen's Colour to the Royal Canadian Navy by Her Majesty the Queen in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saturday 1 August 1959.
Sem títuloFonds consists of photos, albums, and scrapbooks relating to B.C. Ferries collected during the 19 years that the donor worked at B.C. Ferries.
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Flag in container, never opened.
0002
Three pamphlets for Final Farewell Decommissioning Ceremonies for MV Queen of Prince Rupert 20 April 2009, the Queen of Tsawwassen 27 September 2008, and the Queen of Vancouver 15 April 2009.
0003.1-98
98 Photos of B.C. Ferries ships, specifically Queen of the Islands, Queen of Burnaby, HMS Discovery; and Pacificat Voyagers. Includes pictures of exteriors and interiors, primarily at dock (Richmond, BC) and without passengers.
0004
VHS tape of “BC’s Fast Ferries: The Building of the Pacificat 1000” from the Knowledge Network, 1998. Tape is still in vacuum seal wrapping.
0005
Small photo album containing 57 colour photos of the Dogwood Princess being refit in the dockyard and making a new office space.
0006
Small photo album containing 68 colour photos of golfing, barbecue at Deas Dock, and the Princess Marguerite III.
0007
Small photo album containing 48 colour photos of the Spirit of Vancouver Island refit at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, 2004.
0008
Small photo album containing 75 colour photos and 7 strips of negatives of the Spirit of British Columbia refit, 2005 and the Spirit of Vancouver Island, 2006.
0009
Small photo album containing 44 colour photos of the Spirit of Vancouver Island refit at the Esquimalt graving dock, 2004.
0010
Photo album containing 491 colour photos of B.C. Ferries ships, Queen of the North, Queen of Victoria, Queen of Sidney, Queen of Prince Rupert, Queen of Burnaby, Spirit of British Columbia, Spirit of Vancouver Island, Skeena Queen, Queen of New Westminster. Also, photos of the Duke Point opening, the Mill Bay terminal, Albert J. Savoie vessel, Dogwood Princess vessel, an event at Deas Dock, retirement party for Bev Bolenbech, retirement party for Bob Ogsten, new building at Horseshoe Bay, MV Church sunk for the reef society, and the Pacificat Voyager ship.
0011
Scrapbook titled “Queen of the North” containing 19 double sided pages consisting newspaper clippings discussing the Queen of the North dating from 2005 to 2008.
0012
Scrapbook titled “Queen of Oak Bay Surrey North” containing 17 double sided pages consisting newspaper clippings discussing ferry disasters/sinking dating from 2000 to 2006.
0013
Scrapbook with photocopied cover of “Tail Ships: The Fleet for the 21st Century” by Thad Koza, containing 9 double sided pages and loose clippings consisting newspaper clippings regarding Richmond Tail Ships, dating to 2002.
0014
Enlarged black and white photo of Deas Dock, undated.
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Enlarged colour photo of Deas Dock, undated.
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B.C. Ferries posters: Building Fast Ferries for B.C. – and the world.
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.
Sem títuloFonds 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.
Sem títuloFonds consists of a menu for the gala diner on board SS United States held Monday, 9 July 1956.
Sem títuloFonds consists of a log book kept my Mr. R. A. Donnelly, seaman, on HMCS Grilse, and a memorandum from the Captain Superintendent HMCS Dockard, Halifax to Commanding Officer HMCS Niobe regarding the commissioning of the HMCS Grilse dated 5 May 1917.
Sem títuloFonds consists of
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A training manual booklet "Officers' Divisional Course" Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth with the signature of Lieutenant Hugh Brooks inside,
L4548
A booklet describing the HMCS Micmac,
L4549
A programme for the transfer of HMCS Winnipeg to Belgium and the commissioning of the Belgian naval ship AF Dufour, 7 August 1959,
L4553
A commissioning booklet of HMCS Terra Nova at Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., 6 June 1959,
L4560
A programme for the consecration of The Queen's Colours of the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, held in Esquimalt 4 May 1960, a programme for the laying up of the King George VI Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command, held at St. Paul's Church in Esquimalt, 24 May 1960, and a programme for the transfer of the King George V Colour of the Royal Canadian Navy from the wardroom, HMCS Naden to the church of St. Andrew, held 28 February 1960,
L4561
Two certificates of appointment of Robert Hollins to position of commissioned writer(?) in his majesty's fleet, dated 1944.
Fonds consists of certificates relating to the service of Charles Edward Stewart and Lieutenant William Stewart.
- Certificate from William B. Pauli, consul of his British Majesty in Buenos Aires to Charles Edward Stewart, dated 26 October 1882, entirely in Spanish,
- Two handwritten letters dated 18 July and 22 July 1814, signed by W. Steward, HMS San Josef addressed to captain John Phillips, RN and my brother which begins by saying “The French fleet are now in sight” and lists how Stewart wished his property to be divided equally between his son and daughter and enumerating how he wished various effects divided and debts owed to his Coxswain and servant,
- Commissioning certificate appointing Lieutenant William Stewart as lieutenant of HMS Royal William, dated 15 may 1797,
- Commissioning certificate appointing William Stewart as commander of HMS [?], dated May 1810.
Fonds consists of a poem, handwritten on a naval signals form used in crossing the line ceremony in HMCS Rainbow, written by Lieutenant Commander L.S. Jones, R.C.N. for the occasion, dated August 1910.
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