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              House Fonds
              989.261.0001-0003 · Fonds · 1923-1924, 1941

              Fonds consists of rough deck logs for the Barque S.F. Tolmie dating from 1923 to 1924 and a Department of National Defense Naval Service list of all vessels in commission dated 11 August 1941.

              Hugh J. Tumility Fonds
              988.051.0001-0002 · Fonds · 1940-1942, 1985

              Fonds consists of written accounts of the sinking of TEV Princess Marguerite. One, photocopied from a newspaper, the other, a typewritten account from Hugh J. Tumilty, fifth engineer on the Princess Marguerite from September 1940 to 17 August 1942 when she was torpedoed. This account was sent to Mr. Chris Horn in 1985.

              Tumility, Hugh J.
              I.S. Day Fonds
              L1734-L1740 · Fonds · 1845-1940; predominant 1933-1940

              Fonds consists primarily of documents relating to activities and the capture of the Navy of Nazi Germany (Kriegsmarine) as well as documents relating to the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy.

              L1734
              Hitler Youth documents, in German, belonging to Ferdinand Becker including what appear to be two passports or identification cards held in a leather case dating to 1933 and 1936 and two certificates, one dated 1938.

              L1735
              List of names and ranks of crew members of M/V Weser, a German ship captured off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico by the HMCS Prince Robert in 1940.

              L1736
              Two newspaper clippings desribing the escape and recapture of two Nazi prisoners of war from a Calgary, Alberta area internment camp, 1941.

              L1737
              Newspaper clippings describing the capture of a German speed freighter by HMCS Prince Robert and other encounters between the German and Canadian Navy, 1940.

              L1738
              Scrapbook consisting of 4 pages and 3 photographs related to RMS Hermonthis which was intercepted by HMCS Prince Harry. Consists primarily of lists of names.

              L1739
              List of ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy which have visited Esquimalt from 1845 to 1939.

              L1740
              Typed report outlining the work the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve by Lieutenant G.H. Lifton.

              Day, I.S.
              James Fonds
              L513 · Fonds · 1871-1939

              The fonds consists of baptismal certificate (1971), certificates of character (1893-1910) of the Royal Navy, letter of reference, papers from the Admiralty, papers regarding James' acceptance into the Royal Canadian Navy, and a short resume of his naval career to 1903.

              James, Captain Frederic William Haigh
              James L. Mason Fonds
              986.003.0001 · Fonds · 1941

              Fonds consists of a pocket size book of Common Prayer for HMCS Prince Robert, belonging to James L. Mason, dated January 1941.

              Mason, James L.
              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 A. Clarkson Fonds
              2022.028 · Fonds · 1897 - 1997

              The fonds consists of records retrieved and acquired by John Clarkson. The series of ship plans were acquired while he served as the Nautical Inspector for Transport Canada. These would have been used to help with the inspection of the ships. The correspondence series was retrieved by John Clarkson while he served as the marine examiner and surveyor in Victoria. The correspondence was originally from the Steamship Inspectors Office and contains different forms of correspondence regarding the surveys and inspections of ship that were requisitioned for the second world war before and after. These pertain to the inspection of different vessels that were active along the west coast.
              The fonds is arranged into two series:

              1. Ship Plans-technical drawings
              2. Correspondence-textual records
              Clarkson, John A.
              John Leeming Fonds
              010.033.0001-0006 · Fonds · 1941-1945

              Fonds consists of documents related to the WWII service of Lt. John M. Leeming, RCNVR including his identification card, correspondence, programme from the Royal Navy Presents "Pacific Show Boat", a report on certain incidents which occurred on board HMCS Athabaskan, Cresent, and Magnificent, and a booklet titled "Back to Civil Life".

              Leeming, Lieutenant John
              Joseph Schull Fonds
              986.121.0001 · Fonds

              Fonds consists of a book titled "Popular History of Canadian Naval Operations in the Second World War" by Joseph Schull. There is a sticker affixed that reads "Admiral P.W. Wells, C.B., L.I.D. c/o Bank of Montreal, Victoria, BC".

              Schull, Joseph
              J.W. Mundie Fonds
              L4503 · Fonds · 1940

              Fonds consists of a naval message from N.S.H.Q. listing ratings missing believed killed and ratings who have been wounded and are at R.N. Hospital Plymouth, dated 28 June 1940.

              Mundie, J.W.