Loose letters, telegrams and other documents, 1937-1943.

Loose letters, telegrams and other documents from Quarm's career at sea:
Marconigram from the Vice-Admiral at Gibraltar, alerting British ships to the dangers of navigating near to the Spanish coast and the possibility of mines in Mediterranean ports, dated 27 February 1937.
Letter from The Mercantile Marine Service Association, offering assistance following the shelling of the MAGDALENA (1923) by Spanish insurgent warships, dated 30 March 1937.
Handwritten voyage details and typescript statement of diesel oil account for Charter No 233, 1941.
Letters and telegrams from The Crown Agents for the Colonies, relating to Quarm’s application for employment with the River Pilot Service, Basrah Port Dictorate, September 1942.
Letter from Fletcher & Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, discussing iron ore cargo and requirements for bunkers and ballast, dated 23 November 1943.
Slips of paper listing crew members including lascars assigned to particular lifeboats, undated.
Small plan with typescript measurements of the store, house and garden at 229 Portswood Road, Southampton.

Record Details

Item reference: QRM/4/2; X2003.014.1 DUP X2003.014.1 D2001.055 D2001.162.1
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 13 items
Date made: 1922-1967; 1928-1929 1928-1937 1937-1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London