Genre/Subject Matter: This image shows the single screw motor yacht (‘M. Y.’) Petanga, built in 1941, at anchor at an unknown location. The image was appended to a description of the yacht provided by Gosport Yacht & Marine Agency, Portsmouth (folio 191). According to folios 190 and 196-7, ...
Genre/Subject Matter: Four folios of technical drawings of engines and parts, printed in Great Britain by the Bergius Co. Ltd. The diagrams on the first two folios (ff 158v, 159r) are cross-sections of the model ‘G4’ engine. The diagrams on the second two folios (ff 160r, 161v) are cross-se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
4 folios of pen and ink technical drawings on tracing paper
Genre/Subject Matter: Five folios of hand-drawn diagrams for the design of the Bandar Abbas Consulate Launch. Three rough drawings on folio 162r indicate a cross-section of the bow, a floor plan with measurements and a profile at an angle, in order to show the stern. A very rough profile on...
Genre/Subject Matter: Two hand-drawn designs for a jolly-boat commissioned for the Bandar Abbas Consulate in 1935. The first, a profile (f 5r) indicates the required fittings and decoration for the boat, including a union flag to be painted on the bow, a mast with two sails and 5 brass fittin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
2 pencil, pen and ink diagrams one one sheet of folded, watermarked paper
Rough sketch map showing the course of sailing race off the coast of Sitrah Island, Bahrein
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map produced for sailing race which took place off the coast of Sitrah Island, Bahrein, on the 6th February 1936. The race course shown in red line with location of beacons and buoys marked and shoals labelled. Details of the race provided on folio ...
