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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Royal Navy, 1660- Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MAR/B/229C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/229C
Title:
'The Ship Essex George Jackson Comm:dr'
Scope & Content:
The journal of the ship Essex by Captain George Jackson, witnessed by the Secretary of the Court of Directors of the East India Company Robert James, and received on 4 August 1747. The journal contains: The list of officers and seamen belonging to the ship Essex (ff 2-3) The entries made during ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1744-31 Jul 1747
Extent:
1 file (131 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/659
Title:
Ext 6739/41 ‘Alleged sinking of a Persian dhow by one of H.M. Ships’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence on the alleged sinking of an Iranian dhow (registration plate No. L.44) by a Royal Naval vessel on 8 February 1941 off the coast of Somalia near the Port of Kismayu [Kismayo]. The particulars of the incident can be found in a translation of a me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1941-20 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/920
Title:
Ext 2103/44 'Presentation of naval sword to Shaikh of Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the presentation of a naval sword to His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain [King of Bahrain] on behalf of the Royal Navy. The initial proposal was made by Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (Captain John Montagu Howson), to the Commander in Chief, Eastern ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1944-15 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2974
Title:
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C248B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C248B
Title:
Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905
Scope & Content:
Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905, prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government Central Press, Simla, 23 March 1906, for the Government of India Foreign Department. The volume is organised into twelve chapters, as follows: Chapter I, The old Indian N...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:

1 volume (30 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1081

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1081
Title:
Naval & Marine 3/2 Warrant Officers & Ratings - Reported sick on H.M.S. Ships - General Correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire, the Director of the Royal Indian Marine at Bombay and the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain, regarding medical treatments for naval staff.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1926-24 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1082

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1082
Title:
File no. 3/3 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of HMS ships and miscellaneous correspondence
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire, the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited and the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, regarding expenses for catering for Royal Navy ships, sport activities, activiti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1934-29 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 file (289 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1083

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1083
Title:
File 3/3 IV Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of HMN ships and miscellaneous correspondence with SNO
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire and the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, regarding various matters: expenses and registration fees for Royal Navy ships, immigration regulations and wages for Indian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1938-30 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (89 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1094

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1094
Title:
File 3/12 Supply of provisions to His Majesty's Navy - contract of. Tenders for the Navy.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the supply of fresh provisions for one year to the Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf. Letters relate mainly to tenders for potatoes, fresh provisions and fresh fruit but also include tenders for provision of taxis, one dhow, and other vehicles including a saloon car. Corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1931-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 volume (92 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1096

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1096
Title:
File 3/14 II Arrivals and departures of H.M.'s ships
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to arrivals and departures of ships of the Royal Navy at various ports in the Gulf including Bahrain, Bushire, Kuwait, Basrah [Basra]. Ships mentioned include: HMS Shoreham; HMS Bideford; HMS Fowey; HMS Deptford. The file includes examples of a programme of exchange of ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1934-28 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)