Papers include: 3 newspaper cuttings re: the inauguration of the Royal Indian Navy, Oct 1934-June 1938; navigational notes on the Mergui Archipelago, 1935.
Papers of Commander the Rev EC Streatfield-James, OBE, RIN (fl 1904-1947): Papers include: 3 newspaper cuttings re: the inauguration of the Royal Indian Navy, Oct 1934-June 1938; navigational notes on the Mergui Archipelago, 1935; letter from Gordon at Simla re: future organisation in India; correspondence with Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert while on a staff course in the UK, 1939 (copies of the letters'out with original replies); letter from the commissioned writer JX Soares, 30 Dec 1938, concerning the promotion of warrant officers to commissioned rank; paper, 'The RIN - its Vicissitudes, Administration & Development', written by Streatfield-James, 1939, with annotations by Fitzherbert; and 2 copies of a report on a recruiting tour in the Punjab, 1943, with 18 photographs.
Record Details
| Item reference: | RIN/3/2; MS1988/043 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 28 items |
| Date made: | 1934 - 1943 |
| Creator: | The Royal Indian Navy Association |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- 2 badges of the Royal Indian Marine - padded blue satin with gold braid and silver-coloured anchors, nd. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/1)
- Papers include: 3 newspaper cuttings re: the inauguration of the Royal Indian Navy, Oct 1934-June 1938; navigational notes on the Mergui Archipelago, 1935. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/2)
- Collection of Christmas cards. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/3)
- Recruiting photographs, HMIS PATIALA, including the Maharajah of Patiala, naval personnel and potential recruits, nd. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/4)
- Photographs of recruiting posters showing naval personnel and vessels in combat, nd. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/5)
- Draft of 'In the Wake' by Streatfield-James, 15 August 1947, published by Charles Skilton Ltd, 1983. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/6)
- Correspondence with Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Miles on the future of the two new navies of India and Pakistan, and also 1 letter criticising the first draft of Streatfield-James', 'In the Wake', 4 September 1947. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/7)
- Papers concerning the RIN Mutiny in Bombay and subsequent submission by Streatfield-James to Admiral Patterson, a member of the Board of Enquiry. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/8)
- Collection of identified photographs, also 4 photo-postcards and 1 newspaper cutting re:Streatfield-James, nd. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/9)
- Collection of unidentified photographs, and 7 negatives, nd. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/10)
- Collection of pamphlets and magazines (Manuscript) (RIN/3/11)
- Volume of newspaper cuttings commenting on the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry into the mutiny in the RIN, labelled 'RIN Inquiry Commision - Press Cuttings, commenced 19 April 1946'. (Manuscript) (RIN/3/12)
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