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Acc. 2934

Ref: MUS/230/1/1-3

MUS/230/1/1: Documents relating to Capt. Roberts’ professional life pre-WWII or prior to the Battle of Madagascar.

MUS/230/1/1/1
Six appointment notifications from the Orient Steam Navigation Company of 5 Fenchurch Avenue, London.
1. To R.W. Roberts, appointed fourth officer of the Ormonde, to report to Captain James, pay to be £14-0-0.
24 May 1929
2. To Lieut. Richard W. Roberts R.N.R., appointed fourth officer of the Orontes, to report to Captain O’Sullevan, pay to be £14 per month.
12 September 1929
3. To Lieut. Richard W. Roberts R.N.R., appointed third officer of the Orontes, to report to Captain O’Sullevan, pay to be £15 per month.
25 October 1929
4. To Sub Lieut. Richard W. Roberts R.N.R., appointed fourth officer of the Orama, to report to Captain Staunton, pay to be £14 per month.
20 June 1930
5. To Lieut. Richard W. Roberts R.N.R., appointed third officer of the Orama, to report to Captain Staunton, pay to be £15 per month.
22 May 1931
6. To Lieut. Richard W. Roberts R.N.R., appointed fourth officer of the Orama, to report to Captain Matheson, pay to be £14 per month.
23 October 1931

MUS/230/1/1/2
Letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company thanking its officers and crew for ‘upholding the traditions of the company in a difficult and disheartening year’.
29 December 1932

MUS/230/1/1/3
Booklet or brochure, ‘R.M.S. Orontes 20,000 Tons’, with seven black and white plates of the interior of the ship, which was engaged on the Australia mail service as well as on Orient Line cruises.

[For postcards of pre-WWII Orient Line ships see MUS/230/2/3/1/1]

MUS/230/1/2: Typescript
Three page typescript, ‘Report on the Magnetic Compasses of the Orient Line R.M.S. Orontes During a Voyage to Australia via the Cape and Colombo. May to September 1940, after having been Fitted with a Degaussing Coil’, by the ship’s First Officer.

MUS/230/1/3: Invitation
Card, ‘The Captain and Ship’s Officers request the pleasure of your company in the Lounge at seven o’clock this evening for a drink … Thursday 30 April 1942.’