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However new crew lists found in our archives promise huge potential for future research. 02 Sep 2016 Uncovering a history of black and Asian people in Britain Hassan Mahamdallie, Director of the Muslim Institute, considers recent archival finds uncovering the stories of men and women from black and Asian people in Britain, including 2000 photographic records of Bangladeshi ships' cooks in the archives of the National Maritime Museum. 02 Sep 2016 Meet the Thompsons The secret love letters of Nelson and Emma Hamilton, though it appears his capabilities at subterfuge were not nearly as great as those he possessed for naval leadership! 25 Aug 2016 Survey charts and coastal profiles by Horatio Nelson Head, 1821-25 Graham Thompson presents a collection of drawings by a midshipman who showed much promise, but died young before he had established his reputation as a Royal Navy officer 17 Aug 2016 Pilot’s logbooks of a First World War Flying Ace As our ultimate flight exhibition, Above and Beyond, comes to an end we explore the logbook of Captain Albert James Enstone - a pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. The logbook records each of his flights and provides an insight into the dangers he faced everyday. 08 Aug 2016 Containerisation from OCL to P&O Nedlloyd If you wish to look up ‘transport by sea’ in any library or archives you will get passenger lists, cruise ships (most of which will all focus on the Titanic); and in the case of the Caird Library and Archives, a tea clipper called Cutty Sark. 28 Jul 2016 The Endeavour’s last resting place – the clue’s in the Caird! Who would have guessed that the clue to solving a long running mystery about the final resting place of one of the world’s most famous ships lay buried in some fairly unassuming records in the Museum’s Caird Library? First Prev … Page 22 Page 23 Current page 24 Page 25 Page 26 … Next Last
