Hand-tinted photographs of lost sailor Maurice Gohier, and postcards depicting various vessels.

Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Lieutenant Commander James D. Laurie. Includes his cadet second class graduation diploma, naval appointments, and orders, certificates, letters of references, and correspondence, dating from 1913 to 1949 as well as documents and correspondence related to insurance policy, pension payments, and adjustments, dating from 1933 to 1958. Also includes a handwritten letter and envelope recovered by divers from the wreck of SS Empress of Ireland, a Christmas card with a picture of an unidentified military band, and a photo album that should contain approximately 100 negatives of pictures taken during a cruise of HMS Berwick from February 1913 to February 1914 but, as of May 2016, all the negatives are missing.

Also includes a journal and note book for the use of junior officers, kept by Midshipman Laurie on HMS Niobe beginning 27 August 1914. The journal includes some coloured detail drawings of ship parts and the dust jacket is actually a map folded over the cover.

Fonds consists of a document titled "The Wreck of the Carel-Mapu", chilean barque of Scottish ancestry, near Tofino, 25 November 1915.

Fonds consists of documents, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the Halifax disaster and the war memorials in Halifax and Victoria.

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.

Fonds consists of an issue of the "Dawson Daily News" newspaper from Thursday, 7 November 1918. The top headline reads "Northland's Greatest Disaster, Foundering of S.S. Sophia Oct. 25, With all on Board". The article contains an account of the accident and a list of everyone who was lost.

Fonds also includes a postcard addressed to Mr. William MacMillan in Dawson, Yukon, sent by A. Steward, from Skagway on 23rd October 1918. The postcard reads "Very enjoyable trip. Leaving tonight on Sophia. Regards and good luck to Mrs. [??] your wife + self. 'Cheer oh'". The postcard was sent before leaving Skagway, which wrecked that night.

Fonds consists of newspaper/magazine clippings, undated, relating to the torpedoing of SS Fort Camosun by Japanese submarines, the arrival of RMS Queen Elizabeth at Esquimalt Graving docks 23 February 1942, and the shelling of Estevan Point lighthouse, Victoria, by Japanese submarine I-26, 20 June 1942.

Also includes a book commemorating HMCS Skeena's first year in commission, compiled and edited by Lieutenant-Commander F.L. Houghton, R.C.N. Consists of a chronological account of the ship's activities during the period 10 June 1931 to 10 June 1932.

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.

Fonds 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".

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".