Great Britain. Royal Navy

Date: 1910-1966

By: Ebrey family

Reference: MS-Papers-9438

Description: Folder comprises papers relating to Leslie Arthur Ebrey and his father John Alfred Ebrey. Includes New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy Service certificates, Stoker Rating forms, Ability Record sheet, Conduct Record sheet, Admiralty letter and supplement to `The London gazette' (1918), Sydney Harbour Bridge visitor's certificate (1940), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla despatch, Warrant Officer certificate for Leslie Ebrey, copy of `The Danie Crackett' song and a newspaper cutting of the engine-room contols of the `Black prince' (ship). Source of title - Supplied by Library Leslie Arthur Ebrey and his father John Alfred Ebrey both served as stokers in the Royal Naval Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts & printed material Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00470.

Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1822

From: Otway, Robert Jocelyn (Retired Rear Admiral), b 1809? :[Sketchbook of ship portraits and other sketches. 1822-1823]

Reference: E-568-q-003

Description: Shows the harbour at Portsmouth with a frigate coming in, and a full rowboat coming towards the shore where three figures stand beside a beached boat. In the background are the buildings along the shore, including the Church, the Lookout house "with telegraph on top", another church, the Batteries, and a cutter belonging to the Naval College. Title taken from inventory, loose inside front cover of sketchbook. Extended Title - From R J Otway's sketchbook, 1822-1823. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - (Erased): ..... 1822. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil, on double page spread, 210 x 580 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the papers of K A Webster.

Date: 1891

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

Reference: A-248-091

Description: A broadside view of the Devastation partially obscured by heavy seas. In the distance are other ships. A man can be seen in the crow's nest. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 99 x 150 mm

Date: 1 Dec 1821-30 Jun 1822, 23 Jul 1842-18 Nov 1843, 30 Oct 1845-22 Nov 1846

By: Gambier, Robert Fitzgerald, 1803-1885

Reference: MS-Group-1554

Description: Contains a logbook kept by R F Gambier a midshipsman aboard the `HMS Dauntless', commanded by Captain George C Gambier. The log book records the voyage to the Pacific or `South Seas' in 1821-1822, with details of weather conditions encountered. There are also details of landings throughout the Pacific including Huahini, Tahiti. Also included is a night order book kept by RF Gambier while he was commander aboard the `HMS Satellite' and the `HMS Sappho' for voyages aimed at suppressing the slave trade around Africa during the 1840s. There is also a note book recording `general instructions' in regards to navy vessels. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1847-1851, 1848-1849

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: qMS-1606-1607

Description: Letter book contains administrative correspondence; the private journal is a record of the Hobart, Auckland and Wellington interludes and includes detailed accounts of the New Zealand Company, the 1848 Wellington earthquake and Maori pa in the Wellington area Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 125 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (24 cm; ¼ green calf, green linen hinged box)

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1859

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

By: Weedon, E, active 1850s

Reference: A-248-018

Description: A broadside view of the Ariadne after she had been launched. The Royal Standard and Admiralty flags and bunting can be seen. There are people watching and waving on the dockside in the foreground and a number of rowboats laden with people surrounding the frigate. A yacht is sailing close to the stern of the frigate on the left of the engraving. To the right (under the bow of Ariadne) is a front view of an unidentified paddlesteamer. On verso (page 594): Article entitled `Launch of the screw-frigate Ariadne' and other articles Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 242 x 344 mm

Date: 1840

Reference: MapColl-832.15gmfw/1840/Acc.6850

Description: Diagrammatic map drawn on higher ground overlooking the scene where the HMS Buffalo navy ship was wrecked ('28th July 1840, at 10 am'). Map shows the site was wrecked, in a flat, sandy beach area, the thickly wooded hills behind it, the encampment of those who were in the wrecked ship, points on the beach where parts of the ship were washed ashore, and an area of flat marshy ground. Also depicted is the neighbouring pa site (maori village) of the Chief Teraroa, ('Teraroa's hippah'), the encampment of the part of the Buffalo's crew 'who were employed in the firest, preparing the cargo, Mercury River, part of Wiritianga's pa site, as well as Mr Brown's wharf-store and settlement ('Buffalo's store's were landed there'). Signature of creator on map but hard to distinguish. Appears to be ?T. Laslett. Shows several drawings of trees, buildings at Brown's settlement, navy tents. Other Titles - pa site Stamped in right hand bottom corner 'Hydrog[raphic] Office, 20 Au. 41'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 32 x 45 cm.

Date: 1875

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

Reference: A-248-070

Description: A view of the H.M.S Serapis ready to leave the harbour. She has bunting and a flag flying and a gangway down. There are a number of other ships in the harbour, many with bunting and some with sailors in the rigging. In the foreground are several smaller craft and people are standing on the rocks beside the harbour. Piraeus can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 211 x 337 mm

Date: 1840

By: Williams, Edward Marsh, 1818-1909

Reference: MS-2407

Description: Source of title - Transcribed title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (62 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20 cm, stiff blue wraps)

Date: 24 Mar 1922

By: Baillie, Herbert, 1863-1941

Reference: MS-Papers-3268

Description: The letter gives the names of several vessels that served in New Zealand waters Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 7 May 1863-6 Mar 1867

Reference: Micro-MS-0445

Description: The author, an unnamed corporal in the 40th Regiment, reports both naval and military action in South Auckland during the Waikato war. The diary ends in November 1864 and is followed by accounts of the author's voyage back to England and his later life in the United States, where he is traced to Arizona in the year 1869. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (130 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1895-1897, 1903

From: Hay, Mary Stuart Carlton, 1874-1946 : Seddon family scrapbooks and letters

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932

Reference: MSY-2028

Description: Includes mss poem to R J Seddon by Thomas Bracken on occasion of Seddon's 50th birthday, 1895; other poems (typescript and printed); article re poetry of Barcroft Henry Boake; article on Governors of NZ by Dr Hocken (Otago Witness, Dec 1896); silver wedding of Richard J Seddon; marriage of Jane Seddon to Rev W S Bean; mss poem by E H Clements entitled `Welcome', Jan 1869; photographs published in Canterbury Times, 4 Jul 1895 of R J Seddon, his wife and nine children; articles, invitation cards & menus relating to Seddon's visit to England in 1897; bill of fare on `Alameda' (Oceanic Steamship Co); article re British Navy; marriage of Phoebe Seddon to Frank Dyer, Jan 1897; Lord Charles Beresford; Chatham Islands (OW, Dec 1896); early Wellington; cartoons by Ashley Hunter entitled `Inspector's parade' and `Recent events' (from NZ Graphic, ca 1892); full description of Seddon's "At Home" - guest list and description of gowns worn; death of Mrs James Suisted; mining claim at St Bathans; Women's Liberal League; Women's Social and League; and various NZ, English and Australian newspaper cuttings relating to R J Seddon and his wife and other notables. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1707

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-032

Description: Depicts the bombardment of the French naval port of Toulon which took place on 21 August 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Shows ships close to the town firing their cannons. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 348 x 455 mm

Date: 1915-1918

From: Campbell, I (Mrs) :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-597

Description: Views of the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow during the 1914-1918 war, including visits by King George V, Lord Kitchener and the Bishop of London, and the arrival of the German fleet after the armistice. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1864-1911

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2051

Description: Comprise selected papers of the Fortescue, Seymour, Lillicrap, Gidley, Kilner, Kitson, Luxton and Tanner families Other Titles - Colonial Floras Other Titles - A history of the British Army Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1939-1942

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-192

Description: Photographs published in New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1942 to illustrate the British war effort in general and participation of women Includes group of women working on an aircraft at Wigram, Jul 1941 Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1708

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-028

Description: Shows naval battle scene with a galleon sinking in the foreground and men clinging to pieces of wreckage; another has been dismasted while the remaining are engaged in battle. Posiedon is shown in the lower righthand side surveying the scene being enacted before him. In 1708 Commodore Wagner with a small squadron attacked a fleet of galleons on their way from Port Bello to Carthagena. The Spanish admiral's ship the San Josef blew up with a cargo on board 700,000 pounds in gold and silver, with only seventeen men being saved [Source: How Britannia came to rule the waves by W H G Kingston (1814-1886). Chapter XII] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 332 x 454 mm

Date: 1831-1834, 1835, 1836-1837

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1001-035

Description: A cruise to South America; Cruise on the coasts of Spain and Portugal; Cruise on the Mediterranean; Memorandum of streams of stones in Falkland Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s).