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              21 Archival description results for Merchant Seaman

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              Hannay Fonds
              008.015.0003-0007, 016.015.0001-0003 · Fonds · [ca. 1940s-1950s]

              Fonds consists of 3 photographs, 2 framed, of the Princess Charlotte, Princess Kathleen, and Princess Victoria ships. The photographs were owned by the donor's father, Captain Jeffrey Hannay, who worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1950s.

              Also includes a fourth photograph of an unnamed sailor, a Canadian Merchant Marine identification card for Jeffrey Hannay containing stamps dating from 1941 to 1946, two green journals containing notes and measurements, and a gyro compass instruction manual published August 1942.

              Hannay, Captain Jeffrey
              Harold C. Saunders Fonds
              991.015.0001 · Fonds · 1880-1922

              Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Harold C. Saunders relating to his naval career including a certificate of indenture and correspondence dating to the 1880s and pilotage certificates, pilotage exemption certificates, and permits dating from 1914 to 1917.

              Also includes documents and correspondence relating to his his World War I service including newspaper clippings, and documents specifically relating to his time as a prisoner of war in the Karlsruhe POW camp in Germany in 1918.

              Also includes correspondence between the Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited, dating to 1922.

              Fonds also includes black and white travel photographs of the South Pacific including Sidney, Australia, Malta, Singapore, ect., and three photo albums of travel photographs and photographs of various vessels. One photo is dated 1894, others are dated from 1903 to 1913.

              Saunders, Harold C.
              H.F. Pullen Fonds
              L107, L179, L614, L716, L717, L999 · Fonds · 1846-1956

              Fonds consists of documents and memorabilia collected by several members of the Pullen family relating to their various naval careers.

              L107
              A newspaper clipping dated 1956 containing an article detailing the history of the Victoria Cross from the Crimean War to the present and a newspaper clipping from the back of a calendar describing SS Beaver off Fort Victoria in 1846.

              L179
              A book titled "The Pullen Records" consisting of photocopies of various records. The records consist generally of a number of historical records of HM Ships in the Arctic compiled by H.F. Pullen in 1954. Specifically included is the log book of T.C. Pullen, Royal Navy, from HMS Cambria and HMS North Star, extracts of T.C. Pullen's journals kept while master of HMS North Star in the 1850s, an extract from the admiralty board of inquiry where T.C. Pullen was a witness, a monthly meteorological report from September 1852 to April 1854, extracts of naval messages and correspondence, a map of the routes taken by W.J.S. Pullen from 1849 to 1851 in the Arctic, an account of the search for the Franklin expedition, and general notes of the life of Vice-Admiral W.J.S. Pullen.
              (The catalogue card states that it is book 18 of 25).

              L614
              Programme for the 90th anniversary service of thanksgiving and dedication at St. Paul's Church, Esquimalt, 12 December 1956.

              L716-L717
              Commemorative book and programme for the launching day of the world's first atomic powered vessel, the submarine USS Nautilus, 21 January 1954.

              L999
              Log book kept by Commander William J.S. Pullen from the HMS Falcon in 1855 and HMS Cyclops dating from 1857 to 1860. Also, a newspaper clipping of the obituary of Vice-Admiral William J.S. Pullen, describing his accomplishments with the South Australia Company, in the Bay of Fundy, on an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and commanding HMS North Star in Sir E. Belcher's Arctic expedition, among others. Includes a section titled "Remarks HM Steam Sloop Salem" describing angorages in the Baltic in 1855, a section titled “Journal of Proceedings HMS Steam Frigate Cyclops on Voyage to the Red Sea for the purpose of Sounding for the bed of electric cable” which consists of a narattive ending with ships about to be docked at Bombay in April 1860, and a section titled “A Few Remarks on the Chart of Bomany Harbour with no name as to its maker” .

              Pullen Family
              J. White Fonds
              L447, L904 · Fonds · 1807-1814; 1876-1877; [ca. 1930s-1950s]

              Fonds consists of service records for James? White including a certificate of service with the Royal Navy from 1807 to 1812, a certificate of service with the Royal Navy from 1812 to 1814, a certificate of conduct and ability for Joseph White from the Marine Society's Training Ship Warspite dated 30 October 1876, and a certificate of discharge for J. White from the Mercantile Marine Office dated 19 October 1877.

              Fonds also includes a collection of envelopes commemorating the visits of warships to various ports, dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. One is in German.

              White, Joseph
              James Betson Anderson Fonds
              984.049.0001-0009 · Fonds · 1876-1910, 1955

              Fonds consists of

              • A small leather booklet containing records of services dating from 1893 to 190-?,
              • A certificate of competency as master issued to James Betson Anderson, dated November 1876,
              • A letter of reference for Captain J.B. Anderson, dated 1894,
              • A parchment registration certificate for J.B. Anderson with stamps dating form 1897 to 1901,
              • A letter dated 31 July 1900,
              • A log book dated 1917,
              • Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Command Navy Day booklet dated 1955,
              • A programme for an event in aid of the Liverpool Seamen's orphanage, dated 1910.
              Anderson, Captain James Betson
              J.H. Hubley Fonds
              009.008.0002-0005 · Fonds

              Fonds consists of three black and white photographs, one of which is of RMS Colburn, and a newspaper clipping with an image of Captain J.H. Hubley, O.B.E. who was a member of the Canadian Merchant Marines, and who guided his ship, RMS Colburn, through the evacuations of Penang and Singapore under constant attack.

              Hubley, Captain J.H.
              John Edwards Gilders Fonds
              979.047.0001-0008 · Fonds · 1898-1905

              Fonds consists of the service records, newspaper/magazine clippings, and personal documents relating to the Royal Marine service and life in Canada of John Edwards Gilders, Royal Marines, from 19 August 1898 to 17 August 1905. Gilders also served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces during World War I.

              Gilders, John Edwards
              Raymond Family Fonds
              P981.059.0002-0003, L981.088.0001-0006, · Fonds · 1883-1954

              Fonds 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.

              Raymond, Commodore D.L.
              R.D. Todd Fonds
              L4570-L4573 · Fonds · 1861-1884

              Fonds consists of a booklet outlining the regulations for preventing collisions at sea which will be in force on and after 1 September 1884 issued in pursuance of The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act 1862 and a notice outlining the regulations for native and foreign captains trading to the port of Riga published by the military governor of Riga 1884.

              Also includes a notice by the board of trade to masters of ships for guidance in the event of cholera on board describing symptoms of the disease and curative measures to be employed by ships at sea without medical aid, and a booklet outlining the rules for the execution of pilot signals in the Russian Ports, dated 9 March 1861.

              Tim Burt Fonds
              L3665-L3666 · Fonds · 1959-1961

              Fonds consists of the service records of Peter Alan Burt including seaman's record book and certificate of discharge, certificate of proficiency dated 1959, and certificate of attendance for the Merchant Navy Defence Course which lists his name as Timothy P.A. Burt.

              Also includes a collection of menus from the Union-Castle Line, Shaw Savill Line, Orient Line, and Cunard Line, dating from 1959 to 1961.

              Burt, Tim