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 Brown's Nautical Atlas of the World including seaports and distances from port to port with complete index.

Fonds consists of assorted material relating to the British Royal family.

L 149
Programme for the voyage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard HMCS Assiniboine, July 1959, front has signatures of Elizabeth and Philip.

L150
Programme for the presentation of the Queen's Colours to the Royal Canadian Navy by Her Majesty the Queen in Halifax, 1 August 1959.

L288
Pages 1to 4 of the “Daily Telegraph”, 28 January 1936 containing the "Programme of the King's Funeral, order of ceremonial to be observed at the funeral of his Late Majesty King George the Fifth on Tuesday, January 28, 1936".

L417
Guest book from Admirals House, Esquimalt covering the period of 7 August 1946 to 8 January 1958. Pages containing the signatures of HM Queen Elizabeth (as princess) and HRH Prince Phillip were extracted and framed.

L787
Programme for her Majesty's coronation naval review in Portsmouth, June 1953.

L1254
Celebration souvenir magazine discussing the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, published in 1953.

L1304
Programme for the visit to British Columbia of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret in 1958, issued by the provincial committee of arrangements for the use of Her Royal Highness and officials concerned.

L4061
Programme for the celebration of the Queen's Birthday to be held Friday, 24 May 1889 in Victoria, B.C.

P5019
List of names and ranks including addresses and telephone numbers dated 1952. Handwritten in multiple colours of ink. On the reverse is signed "Elizabeth / October 26th 1951 / Philip".

018.R.0031
Telelgram dated 8 August 1959 sent from HMCS Kootenay and Gatineau, and M/V Ulster expressing thanks for being given the opportunity to escort Her Majesty during a visit.

Fonds consists of documents relating to the service of Captain Melville Jack

• Continuous certificate of discharge book listing the ships on which he served and ports of discharge during the period of 1917 to 1925,
• Certificate of ordinary apprentice's indenture (Scotland) outlining the terms of indenture of Melville Jack with the Allan Line Steamship Company Limited, dated 3 January 1913,
• Certificate of Competency as master for foreign going steamships only for Melville Jack by order of the Board of Trade, signed 8 July 1920.

Fonds consists of a log book for the SS Canora departing from the port of Victoria, 25 April 1919. Includes crew list and reports of conduct, character, qualifications, and other data.

Fonds also includes three certificates of inspection of hull and equipment of SS Canora from the Department of Marine and Fisheries, the Department of Marine, and the Department of Transport, dated 1931, 1937, and 1938.

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.

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.

Fonds consists of the apprentice indenture form, Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited co-operating with the Navy League of Canada, for George Ronald Newell, dated 21 July 1920 and a cancellation of indenture dated 23 November 1923.

Also includes a list of seamen shipped and discharged at the port of Victoria, B.C. c. 1891, an agreement and account of crew of foreign-going ships document filled out for the schooner Dora Siewerd c. 1891, assorted documents relating to survey and repair vessel Nancy Dee during the period of November 1962 and April 1963 including correspondence and notes.

Also includes black and white photographs of lumber in the hold and a drawing of the Royal Yacht Britannia, and a souvenir book of the trial trip of SS Bowness Park, Captain G.R. Newell, with the compliments of the Canadian Transport Company, 2 dinner menus, and a typed summary of VE day celebrations.

Also includes the following log books:

• M/V Island Commander, 2 February to May 29 1943 and 3 June to 3 November 1943,
• Barquentine Forest Friend, October 1920 to March 1923,
• Seaman shipped and discharged at the Port of Victoria,
• Sealing vessel Viva, 1894. Includes the regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Poor condition,
• Register of Victoria Port Warden fees collected during 1901 to 1947,
• Port warden fees, 1934 to 1947.

Fonds consists of papers including A.H. Crocker's engineering certificate (1913), honour roll certificate from public school (1894), and registration of certified marine engineers (1918). Also contains A.H. Crocker's and Frank Crocker's notes. An electrical catalogue, Canadian Pacific place-mats, a map of Alexandria, historical notes on USS Coronis and a timetable of the Gulf Island run. Includes three photographs of A.H. Crocker and an oil painting of Princess Victoria reputed to be done by a cook on the ship. The collection also includes newspaper clippings of CP Ships, employees, and activities as well as a taped interview with A.H. Crocker about the Canadian Pacific dated 15 December 1987.