Papers labelled 'Tanks: Private Correspondence' 1917 - 1918 including letters from Sir Reginald Bacon, Winston Churchill and Sir Eric Geddes
D'Eyncourt's involvement in Tank Construction 1914-40: Papers labelled 'Tanks: Private Correspondence' 1917 - 1918 including letters from Sir Reginald Bacon, Winston Churchill and Sir Eric Geddes
Record Details
| Item reference: | DEY/51; MS1972/030 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1917-01-01 - 1918-12-31; 1917-1918 1917-1918-12-31 |
| Creator: | d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Notes and memoranda relating to shipyard problems, including notes of Fairfield's premium incentive wage scheme and a letter from Philip Watts 1900 (Manuscript) (DEY/1)
- Memoranda relating to Royal Navy Ships, including schedules, specifications, plans, indicated Horse Power and Speed Curves of proposed buildings of Cruisers and Destroyers (Manuscript) (DEY/2)
- Papers relating to merchant ships built by other yards, including details of the BRAEMAR CASTLE (Barclay Curle), the INVERNIA (Swan Hunter) and the SAXON (Harland and Wolff) (Manuscript) (DEY/4)
- Concerning shipyard problems, labour and shipyard costs, dispute with Ordnance department over contracts for electrical work and Royal Naval ship prices (Manuscript) (DEY/5)
- Concerning negotiations to build submarines under licence from the Lake Torpedo Boat Company 1904-6 (Manuscript) (DEY/6)
- Concerning Royal Naval Ship Design including plans, weights and trial results, of ships unsuccessfully tendered for, HMS SWIFTSHORE, INVINCIBLE, ADVENTURE, AFRIDI and floating cranes, report on underwater torpedo experiment 1905-6 and of Palma's proposed 30 knot destroyer (Manuscript) (DEY/7)
- Concerning merchant ship design including SS ARAL1891, Sir William Mullock's enquiry for Atlantic liners for Canada 1901 and Elswick design no.1080, proposed fast passenger liner, Buenos Aires to Genoa (Manuscript) (DEY/8)
- Concerning the design of foreign warships in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, China, Greece, Japan (including report by Armstrong's Far Eastern representative on Russian warships sunk at Port Arthur 1905), Norway, Portugal, Spain and Turkey (Manuscript) (DEY/9)
- Concerning D'Eyncourt's visits to Brazil 1910 and Mar-June 1911 to secure the revised contract for the Brazilian battleship RIO DE JANEIRO, also plans of Elswick design 494A MINAS GERAES, 645, 682, 684, 685, 687, 689 (Manuscript) (DEY/10)
- Plans and notes of unidentified ships including Elswick design no. 246, proposed 400 ton gunboat, crane barge, metacentric diagram no. 640, battleship, Apr-May 1910, also design for Cunard liners and steamer for the Boston Towboat Company (Manuscript) (DEY/11)
- File containing draft letters and memoranda almost exclusively to or from D'Eyncourt 1902-12 concerning most aspects of Elswick shipyard (Manuscript) (DEY/12)
- Papers removed from letterbook dealing with most aspects of Elswick Shipyard (Manuscript) (DEY/13)
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