Fonds consists of photographs of the damage caused to SS Chak Sang by a Japanese Submarine in 1942 and a 1949 inquiry into the explosion.
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Fonds consists of
985.086
- Ship plans, correspondence, Lloyd’s register of shipping load, shipping, and surveyor’s certificates related to Island Tug & Barge vessels M/V Comet, M/V Island Forester and M/V Island Cedar, as well as a cost of building report and assorted certificates for SS Conchita.
- Correspondence, reports, and certificates related to William Beardmore & Company Limited, Victoria Machinery Depot Company Limited, Yarrows Limited, and the Department of Marine and Fisheries dating from 1922 to 1956 and 1979,
- Certificates for ship’s lanterns from the Netherlands Meteorological institute, in Dutch, dated 1924, and certificates of tonnage from the United States of Venezuela.
986.039
- Time sheets dating from August 1947 to December 1956,
- Motor Princess valve cage charts dated 1946 to 1948 (have been ripped in half and taped back together)
-Blank envelopes and forms from Island Tug & Barge,
-Booklet of engineering tables and plans titled "I.T.-4.", - 1962 marine digest,
- Salvage agreement,
- Loading specifications for log barges.
986.040
- Quotation work sheets in alphabetical order which had been stored in a card catalogue style. Consists only of work sheets from 'A' to 'Mc',
- 10 miscellaneous blueprints.
988.284
- Fonds consists of documents, photographs, and blueprints relating to Seaspan engineering , TSS Conchita, and TSS Carlota. The documents include 3 copies of the stability investigation report from the Capsizing of Seaspan 921, two copies of a technical investigation and analysis report on the probable causes of capsize on 19 July 1974 of Seaspan 921, and statistical stability calculations from the capsizing,
- loading scale sheets, calibration scales, transcript of register, load line certificate, and general correspondence dating from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Fonds consists of a series of letters between Lieutenant Governor Major-General G.R. Pearkes, Assistant Vice President of the Connecticut National Bank David W.P. Jewitt, and the Provincial Librarian and Archivist of British Columbia, dating to 1961. These letters were given to R.H. Roy who sent them, with a letter of explanation, to Director of the Maritime Museum of B.C. Colonel W. Symons, 9 December 1968.
Roy, R.H.Fonds consists of a single telegram sent from Reuben Hamilton from HMCS Niobe in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Mrs. M.W. Hamilton in East Vancouver dated 9 December 1917 (three days after the Halifax explosion). Telegram reads: "Escaped uninjured".
Hamilton, ReubenFonds consists of:
L2442
Programme from a concert given by crew of HMCS Sheene in honour of East Coast Ships at Bermuda, spring 1935.
L2443
Collection of poems titled "Destroyer Ditties 1939" written and/or collected by crew of HMCS Saguenay, spring 1939.
L2444
Poem titled "Percy", by William woods, c. 1935 to leading seaman Percy Swatman when they were both serving on HMCS Vancouver. Swatman became a petty officer a few years later and died of a heart attack in the mid-1960s.
L2445
Programme for the annual Remembrance Day service, 20th anniversary of armistice, cenotaph, Vancouver B.C., Friday 11 November 1938.
L2446
Document titled "The Wreck of the Amentiers" reporting on the grounding of the minesweeper HMCS Armentiers in fog at Union Bay in 1931 or 1932. The document deals principally with the activities of Ldg. Sec/Swatman.
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".
Fonds consists of a new testament apparently salvaged from the 1914 wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland.
Fonds consists of documents relating to the careers of David Logan (donor's great grandfather) and Daniel Holliday (donor's grandfather) who both worked for the Canadian Government Telegraph and Telephone Service, and to the history of the the West coast of Vancouver Island and the development of the West Coast Trail.
Includes David Logan's 1907 telegraph line log book, Daniel Holliday's 1938-1944 telegraph line log book, and an album containing letters and newspaper clippings collected by the family over the years.
Logan, DavidFonds consists of a handwritten letter from Mr. Porteous to Mr. L.J. Watson dated 13 October 1929 describing the enclosed documents, a copy of a naval message regarding the voyage of HMCS Shearwater, the typed newspaper report of the account of Petty Officer William Porteous's experiences following the Halifax disaster, and a typed copy of a newspaper report titled "Victoria to Halifax on Two New Submarines: Underwater Craft Bought by Government for Protection Against German Cruisers on Pacific Had Voyage the Facts of Which have Never Been Published Until Now".
Watson, L.J.Fonds consists of a clipping and a photocopy of an article by James G. Arcus, published in B.C. Digest, April 1948 regarding the sinking of the Princess Sophia, 26 October 1918.
Arcus, James G.