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1. Add MS 89299

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89299
Title:
Naval log-books of Midshipman Herbert Norbury
Scope & Content:
Two log-books kept by Midshipman Herbert Reginald Norbury while serving in the Royal Navy, 1892-1895, in the north Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and British waters, including an account of the sinking of HMS Victoria, 22 June 1893.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1895
Extent:
2 volumes

2. IOR/F/4/1539/61163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1539/61163
Title:
‘Proceedings regarding Captain Cogan of the Indian Navy being permitted to navigate the Ship Liverpool which His Highness the Imaum of Muscat intends to present to the King of England. – and the measures adopted for securing to her native crew their return to India.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], Captain Robert Cogan of the Indian Navy, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item relates to whether the Governme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1834-26 Feb 1836
Extent:

1 item (34 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 3-4
Title:
Mocha Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 9 August 1820. The enclosure is dated 9 August 1820. The enclosure comprises a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1820
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. IOR/R/15/1/389-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/389-390
Title:
File 33: Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The two surviving Naval and Marine files in the records of the Political Residency, Bushire both relate to the Royal Navy base at Jufair in Bahrain. The first file records the Admiralty decision to close the naval base at Henjam [Hengam] Island and to establish a new base at Jufair, with later pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1935-1944
Extent:
2 files (87 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/211-228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/211-228
Title:
File 5 Naval and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Naval and Marine files of the Political Agency, Bahrain contain files concerning: ports and anchorages at Bahrain; movements of British naval ship and non-military ships in the Persian Gulf; visits of United States naval vessels to Bahrain; lighting and buoying; the establishment of the Jufai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
18 files (901 folios)