Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923
Two volumes of a day book used to record daily totals of liquor consumed on board HMS Briton, 1918-1920. The second volume starts out as a liquor day book and then is overwritten to record salt shipments delivered by HMS Briton, 1921-1923. The HMS Calypso Fonds consists of records relating to the sh...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:calypso/1295 2023-12-31T10:13:05+01:00 Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's World War, 1914-1918; 20th Century 1918-1923 image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/1295 eng eng (250.11 MB) -- http://lib-lespaul.library.mun.ca/PDFs/calypso/DayBookRoyalNavalReserve19181923.pdf Maritime History Archive - HMS Calypso Fonds 108 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/1295 Maritime History Archive Original held in the Maritime History Archive. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive Briton (Ship) Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve--Rum ration Text Manuscript 1918 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z Two volumes of a day book used to record daily totals of liquor consumed on board HMS Briton, 1918-1920. The second volume starts out as a liquor day book and then is overwritten to record salt shipments delivered by HMS Briton, 1921-1923. The HMS Calypso Fonds consists of records relating to the ship's construction and later service with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. -- Ship history: HMS Calypso built in 1881-3 as a British Navy corvette, later reclassified as a third-class cruiser; transferred to the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve in 1902 as a training ship, docked in St. John's Harbour; renamed HMS Briton in 1916; decommissioned in 1922 and sold to Newfoundland merchantile firm A.H. Murray and Company, who used the hull for coal and salt storage; moved to Lewisporte in 1952, then towed in 1968 to a bay near Embree and burned, where it still lies derelict in the water. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Briton (Ship) Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve--Rum ration |
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Briton (Ship) Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve--Rum ration Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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Briton (Ship) Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve--Rum ration |
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Two volumes of a day book used to record daily totals of liquor consumed on board HMS Briton, 1918-1920. The second volume starts out as a liquor day book and then is overwritten to record salt shipments delivered by HMS Briton, 1921-1923. The HMS Calypso Fonds consists of records relating to the ship's construction and later service with the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. -- Ship history: HMS Calypso built in 1881-3 as a British Navy corvette, later reclassified as a third-class cruiser; transferred to the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve in 1902 as a training ship, docked in St. John's Harbour; renamed HMS Briton in 1916; decommissioned in 1922 and sold to Newfoundland merchantile firm A.H. Murray and Company, who used the hull for coal and salt storage; moved to Lewisporte in 1952, then towed in 1968 to a bay near Embree and burned, where it still lies derelict in the water. |
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Manuscript |
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Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve |
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Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve |
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Great Britain. Royal Navy. Newfoundland Reserve |
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Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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Day Book Royal Naval Reserve-1918-1923 |
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day book royal naval reserve-1918-1923 |
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1918 |
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http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/1295 |
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Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's World War, 1914-1918; 20th Century |
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Newfoundland |
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Newfoundland |
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Maritime History Archive Original held in the Maritime History Archive. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Archive |
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(250.11 MB) -- http://lib-lespaul.library.mun.ca/PDFs/calypso/DayBookRoyalNavalReserve19181923.pdf Maritime History Archive - HMS Calypso Fonds 108 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/calypso/id/1295 |
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