Fonds consists of assorted documents and ephemera related to the Royal Navy.

L176:
Booklet titled "The International Code of Signals for the Use of all Nations 1913”, prepared by the Board of Trade and published for the committee by Lloyd's.

O228:
Hydrographic publication titled "Rising and Setting Diagrams for High Northern Latitudes", prepared by HM Nautical Almanac Office, published by the hydrographic department of the admiralty, 1952.

L490:
List of HM ships of 12000 tonnes and over dating to 1914.

L547:
Book titled "Procedure for Supervision of Ships and Vessels Building and Completing at Contractors' Yards", 1937.

L775:
Various papers dating primarily to World War II including a thank you note signed by Winston Churchill in 1940, a Christmas card from the offices of the war cabinet and of the minister of defense signed Clement Attlee 1940, and three anti-American Japanese war cartoons.

L835:
Booklet titled "Errata to the home dockyard regulations and books of instructions, the instructions for naval yards abroad, the instructions for the steam reserve, the victualling yard instructions, and the hospital instructions" dated October 1888.

L862:
Scrapbook consisting of RN and French cap tallies, personal notes and receipts, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia related to HMS fleet activities and local Victoria news as well as a personal note addressed to Laird Pooley written on HMS Imperieuse notepaper and signed by James Ley. Dates to c. 1889-1897.

L887:
Booklet titled "Observed Fire Procedure Using Grid-Spot Converter (Proposed)".

L890:
Glossy print of a victory announcement that reads "Britannia Triumphant. The most decisive and glorious naval victory that ever was obtained since the creation of the world!! The victorious British fleet was commanded by the most renowned, most gallant, and ever-to-be-lamented hero Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson; and the vanquished fleets of France and Spain by the Admirals of Villeneuve and Gravina, This memorable action was fought of Cape Trafalgar, near the entrance of the straights of Gibraltar on the 21st of October 1805."

L1214:
The British Empire at War blotting book with a photograph of field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig on the cover, issued by Carnmell Laird & Co., ca. 1917.

L1280:
Programme of smoking concert given by HMS Kent.

L1331:
Pamphlet on the safe handling of small arms, published by the admiralty of gunnery and anti-aircraft warfare division, 1945.

L1335:
Programme for HMS Excellent Athletic Sports, 25 June 1937.

P2833:
Glossy print of a page from “The Times”, London, Friday 10 January 1806 featuring an article regarding the funeral of Lord Nelson.

L3589:
Weekly Illustrated Special Queen Mary Number 6d magazine. "The Dramatic and Graphic Story of the World's Greatest Ship".

L3655:
Photocopies of appointment certificates dated 1870, a ships log for the HMS Jealous, dated 20 July 1871, and a letter dated 4 July 1870.

L4233:
Magazine clippings of photograph of HMS Engadine.

L4361:
Bookle titled "HMS Hood" by Lieutenant Stanley Geary, R.N.V.R., signed by the author 16 October 1942 and stamped 23 November 1942. Consists of an abbreviated history with photographs of HMS Hood.

993.035.0001:
HMS Curlew Christmas card.

993.089.0001:
Specification for building cutters, galley, gigs, and whaler book, published 1904. Includes text, coloured drawings, tables, and blueprints.

997.054.0001:
Photo album, containing images of crew and boat, the HMS Royal Arhur.

Fonds 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 a DVD titled "Freedom of Aberfeldy", a recruiting film made by the U.K. Ministry of Information in 1941 featuring three servicemen, a Canadian, an Australian, and a New Zealander in Scotland while in service during WWII. The Canadian featured in the video was named Gordon Bolin and he died as a result of HMCS Teme being torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1945.

Fonds consists of material collected by Phyllis Bayley, WRCNS, during her service in World War II.

988.092.0001
Scrapbook containing a large collection of photos of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service including both individual and group shots. The people are not identified. There are also photographs of HMCS Cornwallis ca. 1945.

988.092.0002
Scrapbook containing a collection of photographs of service women in uniform, HMCS Cornwallis, Commander MacNeill, Commodore Finch-Noyes, and HMCS Avalon.

988.092.0004
Scrapbook containing a large collection of photographs of service women in uniform, of HMCS Cornwallis, and of Phyllis Bayley.

988.092.0005
Scrapbook titled "Snaps and Scraps - My Life in the Navy", containing photographs and newspaper clippings relating to Phyllis Bayley's time in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II including photos of various vessels and other women in uniform.

988.098.0001
Our Navy magazine, 1957.

988.098.0002
Our Navy magazine, 1955.

988.098.0003
The WREN Newsletter, August 1949.

988.098.0004
WREN Reunion magazine, Toronto, Ontario, 1950.

988.098.0005
WRCNS Reunion Magazine, Vancouver, August 1958.

988.098.0006
Vancouver Reunion souvenir edition of the WREN Newsletter, August 1958.

988.098.0007
United States Navy Occupational Handbook: A Manual for Civilian Guidance Counselors Schools and Libraries also Employment and Youth Agencies, published by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C., 1959.

988.098.0008
HMCS Cornwallis magazine.

988.098.0009
Canadian Forces Sentinel magazine, November 1965.

988.098.0010
Typewritten booklet titled "The Cornwallis Christmas Story: or (Once Upon a Passing-Out Ceremony)", as told by P.S. Milson, RCN. And, two newspaper clippings, a Paris 1937 Exhibition bookmark, and an RCN draft order, dated 1946.

988.098.0011
Certificate from Civil Defence Canada awarded to Phyllis L. Bayley for her service as a volunteer worker for civil defense in the war against Germany dated 1945.

988.098.0012
Canadian Civic Defence College folder containing assorted documents and reports relating to the Department of National Health and Welfare including blank forms, training documents, and handwritten notes.

988.098.0013
Folder containing Phyllis Bayley's Royal Canadian Navy reports regarding regulations relating to obedience, punishments for disobedience, and lists of offences as well as some correspondence, dating to the 1950s.

988.098.0014
General reports and documents of the Royal Canadian Navy including blank forms and documents describing regulations and policies.
988.098.0015
Assorted publications related to Royal Canadian Navy Service and Naval recruitment including booklets, brochures, pamphlets regarding recruitment and naval training for officers, WRENS, and nurses, and a few miscellaneous typed documents dating primarily to the 1950s.

988.098.0016
Assorted pages and clippings from the Cornwallis Ensign newspaper and the Wren Newsletter newspaper, dating from 1957 to 1966. Also a Ceremony of the Flags pamphlet, The Port Royal Habitation booklet and a photograph of four unidentified women and a man in uniform.

988.098.0017
General reports of the Royal Canadian Navy relating to regulations and procedures for leave, pensions, drills, signals, etc. As well as the procedure in the event of pregnancy of a WREN and photocopies of posters and tables. Most are undated, but some dated to 1956.

988.098.0018
Collection of Christmas cards, correspondence, and poems dating from 1944 to the 1960s. Also, a coloured print of HMS Rodney (battleship) and HMCS Saguenay.

Fonds consists of 2 private journals compiled by to G.H. Inskip. The first was created between 16 October 1846 and 6 May 1848 during a survey of the Australian Coast in H.M.S. Rattlesnake. The second, created between 4 January 1856 and 26 January 1859, records a voyage out to the Indian Ocean in the steamer Pera followed by surveys carried out on the coast of Siam (now Thailand) and includes descriptions of Bangkok and a number of Siamese court officials.

Fonds consists of a copy of a photograph of Robert Reid, seaman, date unknown, a copy of photograph of group of seamen taken in Hong Kong with Robert Reid in the middle, and a photocopy of a letter written by Robert Reid in Malta and sent home dated 13 February 1884.

Fonds consists of four issues of "The White Twist", 1952, 1954, and 1957, published by the cadets of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve from University Naval Training Divisions at 19 locations across Canada.

Fonds consists of a manuscript titled "The Ancestors and Naval Service of Captain Charles Patrick Nixon, DSC CD", by Robert W. White, 2007.

And, a manuscript titled "The Naval Service of Commander Edward A.E. Nixon, RCN", by Robert W. White, 2008.

Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing photos, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding the 5,200 mile, 14 month voyage from Montreal, of the ketch Nonsuch beginning in June 1970. There is an envelope glued to the inside back cover containing statistics, a gallery guide, a hand drawn chart, 3 postcards, and 12 additional photographs.

Fonds consists of a booklet titled "The Haunting of Commodore House: The Sad Fate of a British Naval Officer", by Morgan K.R.A. Scott-Ostler.