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Fonds consists of a photocopy of the diary of L. Frank Coxwain, private on HMS Amethyst during its journey on the Yaneste River in 1949. Also includes some photocopies of correspondence dating to 1949 and photos of the ship and the crew.

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 log books and journals of voyages between Liverpool and Bombay (now called Mumbai) in the 1850s and 1860s, commanded by James C. Peters.

L1382 – Log book from the ship Sarah of Liverpool, James C. Peters, Master, on the voyage from Bombay to Liverpool 15 December 1857 to 14 May 1858, kept by William Kimming (?), chief officer. Latter pages show stores received at Bombay and writing exercises.

L1383 – Journal consisting of handwritten memorandums on a passage from Liverpool to Bombay, 25 September 1862 to 19 January 1863 and returning 4 April 1863 to 23 July 1863, in the ship Queen of the Seas commanded by James Carter Peters. Slipped inside the front cover is an account of wages form dated 3 August 1963.

L1384 – Log book of a voyage of the ship Queen of the Seas commanded by James Carter Peters from Liverpool to Bombay 28 September 1864 to 18 January 1865 and from Bombay to Liverpool 28 April 1865 to 3 July 1865.

L1385 – Log book of the ship Sarah, commanded by James C. Peters, kept by chief officer, from Liverpool to Bombay 15 December 1856 to 4 May 1857, then form Bombay to Currachee 4 July 1857 to 25 July 1857, and Currachee to Bombay 2 October 1857 to 8 October 1857.

L1386 – Log book of the voyage of the ship Queen of the Seas commanded by James C. Peters from Liverpool to Bombay 13 August 1863 to 20 December 1863 and from Bombay to Liverpool 23 march 1864 to 28 July 1864.

L1387 – Log book of brig. Earl Grey commanded by John Sharp of voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso, 1852. Remainder of book contains notes on education, poems, etc.

L1388 – Diary kept by James C. Peters, irregularly from December 30 1853 until 1858. The first part records the voyage from Liverpool to Geelong, Australia.

L1389 – Journal recording correspondence between James C. Peters and Mssrs. T. & S. Brocklebank 7 July 1856, and to Mssrs. Stewart and Douglas 11 June 1859. From ships Barque Esk, Barque Valparaiso, and Sarah.

L1390 – Bound notebook containing handwritten notes and worked examples on astronomical observations and the use of lunar tide tables in the Nautical Almanac. The bulk of the notebook is a journal record of a voyage by Captain Peters accompanied by his nephew John Peters in the steamer Rochdale May 27 to 26 August in 1879 from Cardiff out to the Black Sea and return. The first leg was to Ancoa, Italy with coal, followed by a passage to Odessa in ballast where grain was loaded for Marseille. From Marseille, the ship returned to Odessa in ballast, then loaded grain that was transported to London. Includes observations about Odessa, Ancoa, and Marseilles. In the back of the notebook are miscellaneous newspaper clippings including letters to the editor by Peters 1881 and 1889.

L1391 – Handwritten and typed copies of "An Ancient Prayer", supposed to be by James I King of Scotland. Found in Log of ship Queen of the Seas c. 1870. Also, ripped piece of an envelope? Addressed "Queen of Seas, S.S. Sarah, Documents re Seal Indian Hunting + others part of legacy to Victoria maritime Museum". "R Peters/ Okanagan Landing/ 1908/64".

L1392 – Journal consisting of memorandums on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay in the ship Queen of the Seas, commanded by James C. Peters, written by James C. Peters 29 August 1863 to 19 December 1863. The remainder of the journal consists of a description of a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool in S/V Queen of the Seas, commanded by James C. Peters, 1865. Also includes various newspaper clippings of letters-to-the-editor written by James Peters from 26 September and 6 December 1876 while living in Austwick, United Kingdom published in the “Examiner and Trade” newspaper about the narrow escape from loss of the training ship HMS Tenedos off the entrance to the Strait of Magellan in 1876. Another clipping from the “Liverpool Mercury” newspaper, 11 January 1860 describes the actions taken by Captain Peters while in command of the ship Sarah to save the life of a sailor who had fallen from aloft. Peters had promptly jumped overboard and rescued the sailor. There are also two printed handbills (posters) advertising the sale, in Hong Kong, on 8 March 1867 of the barque Sea Nymph, one of which has a handwritten note written by Peters recording that he has been sent to Hong Kong by the owners in late 1866 to take possession of the ship that had been aground on the China coast as the former captain had since died. Peters had travelled overland and then by P&O with full authority to act for the owners. The ship had been trading between ports in the China Seas for 4 to 5 years after last leaving England. Peters had decided to sell the vessel by auction and reported that a wealthy Chinese merchant had purchased her for a good price.

L1393 – Handwritten letters concerning the ship Sarah and the Indian mutiny of 1857. The first consisting of orders to J.C. Peters, master, to proceed to Kurrachee from Bombay, dated 30 June 1857, signed by C-in-C Indian Navy. Also, a note by J.C. Peters on reverse. The second is from Deputy Collector of Customs, Kurrachee to Captain Peters thanking him for work and rewarding crew with sum of Rs 120 dated 25 September 1857. Also, note on reverse by J.C. Peters concerning disposal of Rs 120.

Series of letters from Scottie and Susan McNab to Maude "Ladybird" Aitkens. The letters date from 1931 to 1941 and detail the life of light keepers on the West Coast at the period of WWII.

Fonds consists of six journals.

Fonds consists of a small leather diary containing typed accounts of several voyages.

Fonds consists of lighthouse keeper's diary, issued by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Lighthouse Service, from Scarlett Point Station, B.C., dating from July 1908 to June 1909.

Fonds consist of a journal kept by Miller on way from Scotland to South Africa to marry husband. Contains interesting pen and ink sketch: "Arrival of SS Saxon at Durban. D. Buchanan, Glasgow, 1902."

Fonds consists of a log book of HM Ships Victory, Virago, Sansareil, Cormorant, Adventure, Orontes, and Caledonia, kept by Mr. W. Meade from 10 December 1861 to 30 January 1872. Includes some maps and charts.

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.