The fonds consists of ships plans and photographs of a number of vessels.
Sans titreFonds consists of a photo album containing photographs of the Victoria and Esquimalt area with an emphasis on naval ships and merchant shipping.
Sans titreFonds consists of the journal of D.L. Raymond when he was midshipman serving on the HMS Malaya from 1922-1924.
Also includes an certificate of indenture issued to E. L. Raymond in 1883, and a certificate of competency for E.L. Raymond as extra master issued by the Board of Trade in 1898.
Also includes a guest book register from HMCS Ontario dating from 1853-1954 and a photo album containing photos of HMCS Ontario, life on board, crew, and places visited (London, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand) dating from 1953-1955.
Also includes a printed photograph album of New South Wales given to Commodore Raymond from the Premier in 1954, and a photograph of a luncheon on 10 March 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Sans titreFonds 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.
Sans titreFonds consists of:
Lists of instructions to yachts that have been invited to attend the B.C. Centenary Naval Review as well as ship lists, maps, and the program of events,
a programme for the transfer of HMCS Winnipeg to Belgium and the commissioning of the Belgian naval ship AF Dufour, 7 August 1959,
CNS log books from SS Commodore consisting of inventory of stores records and temporary loan cards, dating to 1958,
and, assorted gunnery plans/arrangements.
Fonds consists of a photo album containing a photocopied book which details the history and ships of the Baron Line titled "H. Hogarth and Sons Limited Baron Line". The rest of the album contains black and white photographs of ships that Edward Peter de Cuhna served in with their names, positions, and dates of service listed as well as letters and certificates.
Also includes a binder containing navigational maps and charts and information regarding the River Thames in London and port in Amsterdam as well as a League of Nations report titled "Agreement for a Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage and Rules Annexed Thereto", published in Geneva, 1936, and printed in both French and English.
Also includes a folder containing an extract from a nautical magazine, training documents, charts and tables, and a plan for Tilbury Docks.
Sans titreThe fonds consists of a monthly time book logging crew's time and rate of pay from 1912 to 1914, kept by G.A. Casey, purser for the SS Coquitlam operated by Union Steamship Company of B.C.
Sans titreFonds contains photos, documents, correspondence, and promotional material including pamphlets and posters related to the Victoria Line, Victoria to Seattle, as well as ships plan for the SS Princess Marguerite II and blueprints for the Vancouver Island Princess Terminal at Ogden Point in Victoria BC. See below for more detailed inventory.
0001
Yellow Duotang titled “Pier 48 / Set-up / Procedures”, dated 1 May 1995. Contains 72 photos of Victoria Line and Pier 48 in Victoria and 1 terminal plan.
0002
White binder labeled “The Victoria Line / Pier 48 / & Misc.” Contains loose pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and parking permits related to the Victoria Line (Victoria – Seattle Car and Passenger Ferry) slipped into front cover and assorted documents, reports, correspondence, and news releases dating to the 1990s.
0003
White binder labeled “The Victoria Line / TMGS Information / Correspondence”. Contains photos of the Victoria Line Pier 48 Set-up 4 October 1994, business licences with the city of Seattle dating from 1994 to 1996, registration licenses with the state of Washington, and a certificate of authority from the state of Washington secretary of state slipped into front cover, and assorted documents, correspondence, notes, staff lists, dating to the 1990s.
0004
Laminated ships plan for SS Princess Marguerite II, specifically fire control plan.
0005
Five pages of plans/blueprints for the Vancouver Island Princess Terminal at Ogden Point, dated January 1987. Includes mechanical site service plan, site plan, floor plan, elevations plan, and building section. Plans are by W.K. Stockdale & Associates Ltd., and Benjamin Bryce Levinson Architects & Planners.
0006
Victoria Line Banner.
0007
Victoria Seattle Car and Passenger Ferry Poster.
0008a-d
Victoria Line Inaugural Sailing 21 May 1994 posters.
Fonds consists of books, pamphlets, documents, and newspaper clippings related generally to the history of the Royal Navy, the British Fleet, the Royal Canadian Navy, The Crow's Nest Officer's Club in St. John's Newfoundland, and the Falkland Islands, dating from the 1890s to the 1960s. Also includes a small page of sheet music consisting of scales for the cornet.
L979.52
Book titled “The British Fleet”, by CDR Charles N Robinson, RN. Published by George Bell and Sons, London, 1895. Book is a general history and explanation of the functions of the Royal Navy.
L979.53
Book titled “A Self-Instructor for Navigation and Nautical Astronomy for the Local Marine Board Examinations and for Use at Sea 3rd Edition”, by W.H. Rosser. Published by James Irmay and Son, London, 1876.
L979.54
Issue of “The Crow’s Nest” magazine/pamphlet. A short account of the seagoing officers club and the Newfoundland officers club, dated 1952.
L979.55
Issue of “The Atlantic Advocate” magazine dated to June, 1970. Contains an article on the old Crow’s Nest of St. John’s Newfoundland.
L979.56
Acco press binder containing loose leaf pages with histories of various Royal Canadian Navy ships.
L979.57.1-10
Folder containing correspondence, notes, booklets, and newspaper clippings related to the Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club in St. John’s Newfoundland, and the Falkland Islands.
L979.58.1
Booklet providing “a short notice, historical and descriptive, in regard to the Falkland Islands” prepared on the occasion of the centenary of the colony in 1933 by J.M. Ellis, Colonial Secretary.
L979.58.2-4
Pamphlets relating to the history and scenery of the Falkland Islands.
L979.59
Pamphlet detailing the national ceremony of mourning by the people of Canada for his late majesty King George VI at the National War Memorial, Ottawa to be held on Friday 15 February 1952.
L979.60
Statement by Vice-Admiral H.S. Rayner to the Special Committee on Defence, dated 15 October 1963.
L979.61.1-3
Three Royal Canadian Navy documents, “A Brief History”, “The Royal Canadian Naval Reserve”, and “The Role of the Navy”.
L979.62
Magazine “HMCS Cornwallis” including descriptive illustrated magazine covering the Royal Canadian Navy training base at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
L979.63
Booklet designed for distribution to foreign visitors titled “Canadian Special Service Squadron European Cruise” describing the ships of the squadron, dated 1950.
L979.64
Issue of “The News Portsmouth Spithead Fleet Review” Magazine, souvenir edition, with the title “Nato ‘69”, dated May 1969.
L979.65
Pages 1 and 2 of “The Daily Telegraph”, containing articles on the declaration of World War Two, dated Monday 4 September 1939.
L979.66
Booklet titled “Damn the Torpedoes…?” by Lieutenant Colonel Wolfred Bovey, R.O, dated October 1939.
L979.67
Pamphlet titled “White Paper on Defence” published by the Department of National Defence, 1964.
L979.68
Newspaper clippings on various subjects regarding the integration of the Canadian Armed Forces.
L979.69
Biographical sketch of the late Rear-Admiral Walter Hose, C.B.E., R.C.N., extracted from the Canadian Encyclopedia.
Fonds consist of documents relating to the marine service of Walter Hichens-Smith.
- Photocopy of typed biographical information of Walter Hichens-Smith starting in 1908 when he signed on as a machinist’s apprentice with the B.C. Marine Railway. This appears to have been compiled for Hichens-Smith’s retirement from Island Tug and Barge, possibly in 1957.
- Continuous certificate of discharge for seaman booklet for Walter Hichens-Smith (born 1893) listing the ships on which he served and ports of discharge during the period of 1913 to 1957.
- Certificate of competency as first class engineer of a steam-driven ship in a small booklet, dated 3 April 1939.
- Certificate of indenture of apprenticeship between Walter Hichens-Smith and B.C. Marine Railway for five years beginning 20 January 1908. Includes typed statement on the reverse certifying the completion of his service.
- Department of Marine and Fisheries certificate of discharge from the CGS Estevan, dated 25 July 1915.
- Department of Marine Fisheries certificate of discharge from the CGS Estevan, dated 31 December 1915.
- Handwritten letter of reference signed by John A. Sutherland, engineer of the CGS Estevan, dated 31 December 1915.
- Typed letter of reference signed by Ramsay’s Machine Works, dated 4 January 1916.
- Naval Service certificate of discharge from the CGS Lillooet, dated 4 November 1916.
- Certificate of Competency as third class engineer issued by the minister of public works for the province of British Columbia, dated 6 October 1922.
- Handwritten letter of reference signed by A. Borrowman, chief engineer, CGS Lilliooet, dated 4 April 1923.
- Typed letter of reference from Yarrows Limited, dated 14 April 1930.
- Typed letter of reference from MacFarlane Towning Company Limited for work on the Tug Daring, dated 11 February 1931.
- Typed letter of reference from MacFarlane Towing Company Limited for work on the Tug Restless, dated 11 February 1931.
- Typed letter of reference signed by A. Borrowman, Cameron-Genoa Ship Builders Limited, dated 12 November 1916.
- Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King, dated 11 May 1934.
- Certificate of discharge from the M/S Shean, dated 11 May 1934.
- Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King. Dated 11 May 1934.
- Certificate of discharge from the M/S Island King, dated 11 May 1934.
- Handwritten letter of reference signed by the chief engineer of M/S Shean, dated 26 July 1934.
- Handwritten letter of reference signed by the master of M/S Tees, dated 13 September 1934.
- Handwritten letter of reference signed by R. Barclay, Chief Engineer of M/S Island King, dated 3 October 1934.
- Certificate of discharge from the SS Anyox, dated 7 January 1935.
- Typed letter of reference signed by the chief engineer and the master of Pacific Salvage Company, Limited, dated 7 January 1954.
- Certificate of discharge from G.E. Foster, dated 19 September 1935.
- Typed letter of reference signed by the master of Westward Towing Company Limited, dated 11 October 1938.
- Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Salvage Queen, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Island Tug & Barge Company Limited, dated 15 February 1939.
- Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Snohomish, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Island Tug & Barge Company Limited, dated 15 February 1939.
- Typed letter of reference for work on the SS Salvage King, signed by the master and supt. Engineer of Pacific Salvage Company Limited, dated 18 February 1939.
- Certificate of nationality including photo and finger prints issued at Victoria, BC, dated 12 August 1940. This was a wartime document issued to merchant seamen that entitled the bearer to disembark in US ports.
- Certificate of service in the HMCS Stadacona, the name of base in Halifax that administered units such the Naval Control of Shipping organization, dated 30 March 1943.
Also includes an Island Tug & Barge brochure titled "Salvage Ships at Work" c. 1954, consisting of photos of company vessels and salvaged vessels.
Sans titre