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Gibb Fonds
008.035.0001-0053, 018.R.0114 · Fonds · 1868-1893

Fonds consists of photocopies of reports of survey for repairs, annual reports and correspondence regarding the ship Thermopylae dating from 1868 to 1893. According to the gift form, the file was provided to the donor by Lloyd's of London.

Also includes twenty-six booklets regarding regulations, engineering, and the Canada shipping act.

Lloyd's of London
Gordon Reid Fonds
L2149 · Fonds · 1942

Fonds consists of a booklet titled "Weekly Intelligence Report Raider Supplement No. 2 Part III", issued by the naval intelligence division, dated 30 October 1942.

G.R. Newell Fonds
L2193, L2312, 980.007-980.019, 985.035.0001-0003 · Fonds · 1891-1963

Fonds consists of the apprentice indenture form, Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited co-operating with the Navy League of Canada, for George Ronald Newell, dated 21 July 1920 and a cancellation of indenture dated 23 November 1923.

Also includes a list of seamen shipped and discharged at the port of Victoria, B.C. c. 1891, an agreement and account of crew of foreign-going ships document filled out for the schooner Dora Siewerd c. 1891, assorted documents relating to survey and repair vessel Nancy Dee during the period of November 1962 and April 1963 including correspondence and notes.

Also includes black and white photographs of lumber in the hold and a drawing of the Royal Yacht Britannia, and a souvenir book of the trial trip of SS Bowness Park, Captain G.R. Newell, with the compliments of the Canadian Transport Company, 2 dinner menus, and a typed summary of VE day celebrations.

Also includes the following log books:

  • M/V Island Commander, 2 February to May 29 1943 and 3 June to 3 November 1943,
  • Barquentine Forest Friend, October 1920 to March 1923,
  • Seaman shipped and discharged at the Port of Victoria,
  • Sealing vessel Viva, 1894. Includes the regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Poor condition,
  • Register of Victoria Port Warden fees collected during 1901 to 1947,
  • Port warden fees, 1934 to 1947.
Newell, Captain G.R.
Groos Family Fonds
L3, L483, L3804, L4015, L4054, L4055, 003.028.0001-0003, 005.006.0001-0002 · Fonds · 1877-1979

Fonds consists of personal and professional papers related to Captain D.W. Groos and Commander H.V.W. Groos.

L3
Handwritten note addressed to Commander Groos from George C. Etheridge in Monterry Oak, California. Envelope is postmarked 2 August 1951.

L483
Handwritten account of HMS Shearwater sailing to Madeira in November 1901 and a newspaper clipping from Thursday, 12 April 1979 containing a letter to the editor written by L.R. Ferris, nephew of George Charles Etheridge, passenger of HMS Shearwater in 1901.

L3804
Issue of "The Tiddley Times" the W.R.C.N.S. magazine, dating to January/February 1945.

L4015
Photocopies of papers relating to the barque Elissa, including pages from Lloyd's register of shipping, a builder's certificate for sailing vessels, written history of the ship, correspondence, accountant reports, plans and carts, and general lists and notes, dating primarily to the 1970s.

L4054
Photocopy of the history of the barque Elissa from its construction in 1877 until 1970 including lists of voyages, lists of casualties, a personal account from 1961, and correspondence from Lloyd's register of shipping dating to the 1970s.

L4055
Photocopy of Greek registry records, entirely in Greek, referencing barque Elissa, dating to 1959?

003.028.0001-0003
Book titled "British Columbia Pilot Volume I: Coasts of the United States and British Columbia from Cape Flattery, Juan de Fuca Strait to Cape Caution Together with Vancouver Island", fifth edition, 1923. Also, contracts from Canadian Merchant Service Guild dating from 1939 to 1941.

005.006.0001-0002
Book titled "The Way of a Ship: An Essay on the Literature of Navigation Science" by Lawrence C. Wroth, 1937 and 1 sheet of 1975 Canadian commemorative ships stamps.

Groos, Captain D.W.
G.S. Deuroche Fonds
006.012.0001 · Fonds

Fonds consists of a booklet titled "Desolation Sound Marine Park Proposal", published by the Parks Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria.

Department of Recreation and Conservation
H. Janssen Fonds
L4587 · Fonds · 1864

Fonds consists of a photocopy of a manuscript document, dated 14 December 1864 provided by Mr H. Janssen, from the Public Record Office which references proceedings No. 21 regarding the alleged murder of the crew of the Kingfisher by the Ahousett people, and a transcript and associated photocopies of handwritten documents from the public records office that appear to have been part of a report of proceedings No. 19 written by the commander of HMS Sutlej in 1864 to the Admiralty.

Janssen, H.
Henry Edward Higgins Fonds
998.069.0001, 998.086.0001 · Fonds · 1911

Fonds consists of the front page of the Saturday, 25 March 1911 issue of the Victoria Daily Times with the headline "Sechelt Sinks With All on Board".

Also includes a summons from the Supreme Court of British Columbia for Henry Edward Higgins dated 11 April 1946.

Higgins, Henry Edward
Herbert William Mayne Fonds
004.020.0001-0014, 008.008.0001-0011 · Fonds · 1939-1956

Fonds consists of photographs and documents related to the service of Lieutenant Commander Herbert William Mayne including documents from the Department of National Defense treasury office regarding pension payments dated 1956, a document from the Government of Canada dated 1955, and several photographs of Mayne in uniform.

Mayne, Lieutenant Commander Herbert William
I.S. Day Fonds
L1734-L1740 · Fonds · 1845-1940; predominant 1933-1940

Fonds consists primarily of documents relating to activities and the capture of the Navy of Nazi Germany (Kriegsmarine) as well as documents relating to the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy.

L1734
Hitler Youth documents, in German, belonging to Ferdinand Becker including what appear to be two passports or identification cards held in a leather case dating to 1933 and 1936 and two certificates, one dated 1938.

L1735
List of names and ranks of crew members of M/V Weser, a German ship captured off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico by the HMCS Prince Robert in 1940.

L1736
Two newspaper clippings desribing the escape and recapture of two Nazi prisoners of war from a Calgary, Alberta area internment camp, 1941.

L1737
Newspaper clippings describing the capture of a German speed freighter by HMCS Prince Robert and other encounters between the German and Canadian Navy, 1940.

L1738
Scrapbook consisting of 4 pages and 3 photographs related to RMS Hermonthis which was intercepted by HMCS Prince Harry. Consists primarily of lists of names.

L1739
List of ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy which have visited Esquimalt from 1845 to 1939.

L1740
Typed report outlining the work the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve by Lieutenant G.H. Lifton.

Day, I.S.
J.B. Clearihue Fonds
L2040 · Fonds · 1894, 1911-1916

Fonds consists of four documents:

  • The House of Commons Debates Official Report - Unrevised Edition, Wednesday 19 April 1916,
  • Two copies of the commissioner's report on the Pelagic Sealing Commission addressed to the Honourable John D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fisheries of Canada,
  • A royal commission report addressed to the Honourable Mr. Justice Audette, commissioner, dated 10 September 1916, consisting of claims by Pelagic Sealers arising out of the Washington Treaty, 7 July 1911,
  • The regulations made under the Paris Award which came into force 1894.
Clearihue, Honourable J.B.