Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers

Date: 1828 - 1838

By: Rouargue, Emile, 1795?-1865; Masson, active 1830s

Reference: A-327-014

Description: Shows an interior scene, with four Europeans in naval dress, seated on the floor of a hut, addressing a line of eleven Tongan women. Some of the women are fully clothed; some are bare-breasted. Other Titles - Dumont Durville in the islands of Tonga Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage autour du monde. Volume 2 , opp. p. 135. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 120 x 180 mm on sheet 162 x 258 mm

Date: 23 Mar 2006

From: From memory oral history project

By: Pallot, John Spencer, 1924-2007

Reference: OHInt-0981-01

Description: Interview with John Pallot, born in Napier in 1924. Talks about his family background and his father dying when he was 13. Recalls the Napier earthquake and being evacuated to Auckland afterwards. Explains the origin of his intention for a naval career, winning a scholarship to a school in England and going there with his mother in 1938. Talks about attending the Imperial Service College at Windsor 1938-1942, and seeing the Battle of Britain and bombing. Discusses attending the Royal Naval College, the international student group he was in, and the training received. Refers to joining the battleship Malaya as a midshipman in late 1943, and then serving briefly on the Illustrious and the cruiser Enterprise. Talks about ship-board life, the Canadian captain, patrolling in the Bay of Biscay and a battle. Recalls seeing the dead being buried at sea, a German ship go down, and the need for discipline to prevent crew shooting Germans in the water. Refers to shore leave and then naval live fire exercises with Americans in the preparation for the invasion of France. Talks about receiving orders from the USS Augusta, preparing to go to Utah Beach, and waiting offshore in a sea filled with naval ships. Discusses his job on the ship, RAF bombing, gliders being towed over, and seeing troops going in. Recalls casualties being brought back by landing craft. Comments on spotter aircraft directing the naval guns, returning to England for ammunition, and joining the bombardment of Cherbourg. Refers to Churchill staying on the ship at Arromanches. Mentions VE day in Plymouth, passing his final seamanship exams, and further service on the submarine Seraph and in Fleet Air Arm. Talks about sailing via South Africa, India, Singapore, North Borneo and Hong Kong to Japan in 1947. Recalls seeing the devastation in Japan, and realising that the Japanese were actually human beings. Refers to volunteering to train as an interpreter, visiting New Zealand on the way back to England, and studying Japanese for a year at London University. Talks about being based in Japan at Kure with an Australian unit who were advanced language trainers. Explains how he met his future wife in Japan, attitudes in Japan and England towards such relationships, and having to wait until the Peace Treaty was ratified in 1952 before they could marry in England. Recalls her then talking for the first time about her experiences during the war including in Hiroshima. Discusses being appointed to the Amphibious Warfare Squadron and spending time in the Mediterranean until he returned to England to study Chinese. Talks about being given command of the landing ship HMS Salerno, the Suez crisis, confusion on the ground and various incidents. Refers to seeing no future in the Navy after Suez, resigning, but having his service extended to command the frigate HMS Russell in a Fishery Protection Squadron operating near Iceland. Reflects on his experiences during World War II, the lack of understanding of Japan, and the "mistakes Chamberlain made". Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Accompanying material - A Biography on John Spencer Pallot, written by Caitlin Cragie (grand daughter) (11 p.); photocopy of article "Canterbury man is Navy League head" (The Mail, Aug 3 2000, 2 p.); the Pallot family tree (1 p.); photocopy of John Pallot's curriculum vitae (2 p.); photocopy of a letter to Prime Minister Bolger from the Navy League, dated 4 March 1994 (1 p.); "Operation Neptune" article (3 p., photocopy of typescript); photocopy of facing pages from a published history of World War II with maps and text about the Normandy landings and invasion in June and July 1944. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-021901 - OHC-021904 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.52 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7238. Print of a scanned black and white photograph of John Pallot in naval uniform (1946) Search dates: 1924 - 1939 - 2006 - 1960

Date: 12 - 13 September 2005

By: New Zealand. Defence Force; Hogben, George Lawrence, 1916-

Reference: OHColl-1512-01

Description: An interview with George Hogben. Speaks of his appointment as a Rhodes Scholar in 1938. Describes his experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Mentions his involvement with the hunt for 'Bismark' and his time serving on 'HMS Sheffiled' during the Battle of the Barents Sea. Interviewed by Denis Fairfax, who published an article about Hogben in Headmark, September 2009. Title supplied by Library. Interviewer(s) - Denis Fairfax, Commander Royal New Zealand Navy (RTD). Location - Soyans, France. Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 Interview(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - awaiting description.. Search dates: 12/09/2005 - 13/09/2005

Date: 28 Sep 1852

By: Oke, Philip W, active 1850s

Reference: MS-Papers-9103

Description: Letter from Oke while on the Pandora to his brother John in England. Posted while Pandora was in Auckland. Includes envelope Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Bonham's Auction, London, 2008

Date: 1942-1946

By: Everard, Dorothy Cara, 1922-2010

Reference: PAColl-8029

Description: Photographs of Commander Irwin F Beyerly of the US Navy (1942-1945), Malcolm Cawthra, who became Everard's fiance, of the British Navy (1945-1946), and a portrait of Dorothy Everard in uniform. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 photocopy/ies of a magazine clipping. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-7979.

Date: 1847-1873

From: Swainson, William John 1824-1887 : Swainson family letters

Reference: MSX-8855

Description: Transcripts of letters from Henry Gabriel to Mary Frederica and William John Swainson, while in England and serving with the Royal Navy. With notes recording Henry's career in the Navy, newspaper clippings and copies of sketches. Index supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1 Jan 1890 - 3 Jan 1891

By: Dack, Frederick, 1871-1947

Reference: MSX-9428

Description: Volume comprised of two separate works - a journal account and a photographic documentation. The first is a written account on 207 pages by the Ordinary Seaman Frederick Dack describing his naval experiences aboard the HMS 'Orlando' and the HMS 'Dart' in 1890-1891. The account commences on 1 January 1890 when Dack, who joined the crew of the HMS 'Orlando' at Sydney after travelling from England on the Orient Line's 'Iberia' the previous year, describes both life on board and on shore at Sydney. Departing from Sydney on 6 January, the account goes on to describe the sighting of Stewart Island and entering Milford Sound on 11 January, arrival at Port Chalmers on 12 January and at Akaroa the following day. The voyage continues to Lyttelton Harbour on 16 January, Wellington Harbour 21 January, White Island on 25 January and Auckland the following day. Preparation and participation in the Auckland Anniversary Regatta is described. The expedition departs from Auckland on 18 February and after calling at Russell in the Bay of Island, heads for Tasmania, arriving at Hobart on 25 February, and from there to Melbourne via Bass Strait on 15 March. Dack served on the HMS 'Orlando' until 8 May 1890 when he joined the crew of the survey ship HMS 'Dart' and left Australia for the Pacific on 22 May 1890. The journal then gives an account of visits to a number of Pacific Islands and closes with a final entry dated 3 January 1891 after the ship has returned to Sydney. The second, commencing backwards from the lower boards of the volume is a photographic work created by the hydrographic surveyor Lieutenant Boyle Somerville aboard the HMS 'Dart'. Photographs depict shipboard life aboard the HMS 'Dart' as well as capturing views and scenes from the lives of the local peoples of Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Norfolk Island, and other Pacific Islands. Also includes a portrait of Victor Doucere and four portraits of unidentified Māori women. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, holograph, printed matter and photographic prints. Volume half-bound in black leather with marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers, 183 leaves of ruled unwatermarked laid paper, 24 x 18 cm; includes 139 photographic prints mounted on 81 pages, with 79 blank pages between the two sections of the volume.

Date: 1864 - 1897

By: Overend, William Heysman, 1851-1898; Hudson & Kearns (Firm)

Reference: A-443-007

Description: Shows a battle scene at Gate Pa, April 1864. The scene shows a number of the Naval brigade, some carrying swords and some with rifles. A wounded man is in the foreground. An officer is seen attacking a Maori through the pa pallisade, which appears partly on fire. The battle was fought between Maori and members of the 43rd and 68th Regiments, led by General Cameron, with the assistance of the Naval brigade. The uniform worn by the Naval brigade appears as long, loose, light-coloured trousers and wide-collared, long-sleeved (seen rolled up) shirts, with neckerchiefs and wide-brimmed hats. This may not be consistent with the actual uniform worn, given that the print was published in 1897, 33 years after the battle. A Naval Brigade of 429 officers and men from a flotilla of Australia Squadron ships including HMS Curacoa, Esk, Falcon, Harrier and Miranda had also been assembled under Commodore Sir William Wiseman. (Source: Samuel Mitchell V.C., 1841-1894, http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Sxmitch/Index.html) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. H. Overend. Also bottom right, Hudson & Kearns. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 225 x 360 mm

Date: 1 September 1873-27 April 1883

By: Hanmer, John Graham Job, 1836-1919; Maggs Brothers (Firm)

Reference: MSY-8380

Description: Letterbook by Rear-Admiral John Graham Job Hanmer of the Royal Navy, from the period of his service as commander of the HMS 'President' and HMS 'Daring', 1873-1883. The volume is in two sections, each comprising copies of letters and dispatches in various hands. The first section comprises letters from the period 1873-1874 to various recipients including the Secretary of the Admiralty. The first entry is dated 1 September 1873 and records the fact that Hanmer has taken command of the HMS 'President' at West India Docks. The final entry in the first section is dated 26 September 1874. The correspondence records activities aboard HMS 'President' relating to the crew, supplies for the ship, financial matters, crew awards and promotions. The second section records the official correspondence from HMS 'Daring' under the command of Hanmer dated from the period 1 November 1874 to 27 April 1883. Includes commentary on a voyage in the Pacific Ocean by HMS 'Daring' as part of Britain's Pacific Station responsibilities. Includes communications addressed from Spithead, Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, Falkland Islands, Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Callao, Islay (Peru), Pabellón de Pica, Arica, Iquique, Panama, Corinto, Nicaragua, Acapulco, San Lucas, San Diego, San Francisco, Esquimalt, Society Islands, Papeete, Honolulu, Monte Video, Ascension Island, Sheerness, and Chatham. Hanmer reports on management of crew, Royal Navy duties in the various ports the vessel visited, relationships with British residents in the colonial outposts, colonial political matters, trade and shipping information. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Manuscript, volume bound in vellum, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, stationer's label (John Matthews Drew & Co in London) on front pastedown, watermarked laid paper, 33 x 21.7 cm.