Uncatalogued (U1-7): Papers of Captain Henry Daniel

U1: Typed index/list of ships beginning with S-Z, some with detailed ship histories.
U2: Typed index/list of ships beginning with A-F, some with detailed histories.
U3: Two manuscript volumes of ships histories, both with 'Minute Book' on spine: one has title "Sailing ships Singapore-Zuleika" Captain J Beard, SS ESSEX OAK, 1933; and another no title but similar content, for places beginning with M.
U4: Two manuscript volumes, together listing ships and voyages (ship histories like U3) from A-M.
U5: Five manuscript volumes; "A scrap log containing entries about old sailing ships, wrecks, marine casualties, etc" kept by Daniel, Marine Superintendent; "Navalis: The Game is more than the player of the game and the ship is more than the crew / AALBORG - BLADE of WHEAT" list of ships; "Some records of wrecks, marine casualties etc to British Merchant Ships 1851-1869"; a list of ships - extract from Lloyd's Registers? ; lists of ships under different Lines (City Line, Bank Line, etc).
U6: Bundle of letters and ephemera from 1950s relating to 19c merchant shipping, arranged alphabetically.
U7: Box containing sixteen slim indexes and loose typed documents.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/58/137; MS1958/137 MSS/58/137
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: COLLECTION
Extent: 2 files, 8 volumes, 2 boxes
Date made: 1887-1958
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London