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.

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ID:	RIN/3/2
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	The Royal Indian Navy Association
Date made:	1934 - 1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	28 items
Parts:	Papers of Commander the Rev EC Streatfield-James, OBE, RIN (fl 1904-1947) (Manuscript) 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)

Papers include: 3 newspaper cuttings re: the inauguration of the Royal Indian Navy, Oct 1934-June 1938; navigational notes on the Mergui Archipelago, 1935.

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