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IOR/L/MAR/C/914
- Record Id:
- 040-003346018
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001114483
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035596240.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/C/914
- Title:
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Journal for the use of Midshipmen: Ezekiel Solomon Joshua, HMS Malaya.
- Scope & Content:
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A daily diary which Midshipmen were required to keep as part of their training, the purpose of which was to train Midshipmen in observation, expression and orderliness, and which was regularly inspected by the supervising officer and the Captain. Midshipmen were to record in their own language their observations about all matters of interest or importance in the work carried on, on their stations, in their Fleet, and in their Ship, illustrating them with plans and sketches. The journal was required to be produced at the examination in seamanship for the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr Joshua's journal covers the Second World War service of HMS Malaya as a convoy escort between August 1942 and September 1943. It includes the following:
- plan of the lower deck (ford) of HMS Malaya
- sketch plan of Gibraltar Harbour
- sketch map of Scapa Flow showing the Fleet anchorage at 0700, 9th January 1943
- sketch showing the arrangements for oiling HMCS Iroquois at sea on 14th January 1943
- sketch showing getting out paravanes
- sketch showing oiling from 'Black Ranger' on 27th January 1943
- diagram showing coming to a buoy
- diagram showing the position of the ships in convoys WS27 and KMF10 escorted by HMS Malaya, February 1943
- drawing of a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kurier aircraft
- sketch map showing the approximate routes followed from Scapa Flow to Freetown, 20 February to 7 March 1944
- sketch of the ship at dock
- diagram of a depth charge adjustor and pistol
- diagram of a depth charge primer Mk VII
- diagram of Robinson's disengaging gear
- diagram showing the principle of an inclinometer
- plan of the midship section of HMS Malaya
- diagram showing a capstan gear
- track chart of HMS Malaya, Scapa Flow to Greenock, 24th to 26th May 1944
- diagram of a bow protector paravane
- diagram showing the arrangements for laying out stream anchor
- sketch map of Sicily
- diagram showing sheer legs (signals)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001114483
040-003346018 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/C : Marine Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MAR/C/914 : Journal for the use of Midshipmen: Ezekiel Solomon Joshua, HMS Malaya. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0003]/036-001114483[0960]/040-003346018
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 30 Aug 1942-03 Sep 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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