Nina Baker's Cadet Journal from BP Tanker Co. Ltd BRITISH WILLOW and BRITISH CAVALIER, 1972-1973.

A journal kept by Nina Baker as a cadet on board the BP Tanker Co. Ltd. vessels BRITISH WILLOW and BRITISH CAVALIER from 1972 to 1973. Nina Baker was the first woman accepted into the ordinary OND Deck Cadetship scheme in the British merchant navy. The journal also includes clippings, postcards, receipts, and photographs

Former reference: JOD/225/1.

Related material:
Ref: BAKR/3/2 - CD of images from the journal kept by Nina Baker as a cadet on board the BP Tanker Co. Ltd. vessels BRITISH WILLOW and BRITISH CAVALIER, 1972-1973.

Administrative / biographical background
BRITISH WILLOW official number: 307771 Steel motor vessel built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford BRITISH CAVALIER official number 304338 Steel Steam Turbine built by J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd in 1962.

Record Details

Item reference: BAKR/3/1; JOD/225/1
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: 1972-1973
Creator: Baker, Nina Crampton
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London