Fonds consists of a letter written by master George Hawker to his mother and father, Captain Hawker, R.N., dated Nice, 19 March 1927.

Also includes a postcard with an image of HMS Warrior, assorted pamphlets, booklets, and brochures, regarding maritime history and tourism around Canada and the United Kingdom, and a specification sheet for ITM Venturer.

Fonds consists of a notebook containing drawings and written logs of the mechanical systems, ca. 1940 and a blank spirit stoppage ration book for HMC ships.

Fonds consists of notes and wiring drawings belonging to Donald Ferguson relating to the wiring of the tugboat Bandera.

Fonds also includes 4 scrapbook. One contains Furguson's awards, certificates, press coverage clippings and photos, and a list of awards. The others include records and prints of the model of TB Bandera, list of specs and parts, and photos of studies of TB Bandera.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook concerning John Edward Hill, including photos, certificates, letters, poems, and newspaper clippings relating to his work dating from 1897 to 1925 first in England and then for Canadian Pacific Railway. Scrapbook also includes general material relating to vessels and maritime events around Victoria and some promotional materials for cruise ships.

Fonds consists of an engineering 3rd class mid-term test paper dated 16 December 1968 and associated study material from the Department of Transportation, Steamship Inspection Service and Marine Engineering Division.

Fonds consists of six Yarrows Shipyard, Victoria daily journals dating to 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1941.

Fonds consists of certificates for Charles Philip Smith for the Dominion-provincial war emergency training programme for courses in shipwright and blue print reading at Yarrows Limited school in 1942, a newspaper clipping of a photograph of picket lines at Yarrows, and a copy of a photograph of Charles Philip Smith in 1942.

Fonds consists of two photo albums containing photographs of heavy industrial and sawmill equipment and various vessels.

Fonds consists of principal dimension sheets for ships built by Barrow Shipbuilding Company dating from 1883 to 1886. These plans are the work of James S. Clark, naval architect, born in the U.K. who worked for Barrow Shipbuilding, Mitsukiski Shipbuilding (Japan), and finally Victoria Machinery Depot.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook of the german ship M/V Weser. Each page is a fold-out plan or chart and the book is entirely in German.