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Acc. 2934

Ref: MUS/230/1/9

MUS/230/1/9: Capt. Roberts and the Liberty Ship Samkansa

Material relating to the Liberty Ship Samkansa in the period 1943-1947. Liberty Ships delivered to the UK were SAM ships; all had names beginning with Sam for Uncle Sam. Samkansa was built at Baltimore in 1943 and was delivered into the management of the Orient Steam Navigation Company. Initially commanded by a Captain Blake, Captain Roberts took command from mid 1944 to 1947, when the ship passed out of Orient Steam management and was sold to the Hadley Shipping Co. of London to be renamed Cerinthus. The ship sailed under the Panamanian flag from 1952, successively renamed the Phassa, Urania and Concord Venture, before being scrapped in Japan in 1970.

MUS/230/1/9/1
Black and white snapshot of the Samkansa with steam up in port.

MUS/230/1/9/2
Material relating to the Samkansa in the period prior to Roberts’ taking command.

MUS/230/1/9/2/1
Certificate to the effect that the Samkansa, gross tonnage 7,219, managers the Orient Steam Navigation Company, is entered with the Shipping Federation Limited.
1 January 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/2
Ten page typescript, ‘Extracts from Liberty Ship Number, Marine Engineering and Shipping Review, April 1943’. These extracts may be assumed to give details on the class of Liberty Ship to which the Samkansa belonged.

MUS/230/1/9/2/3
Three page typescript, ‘Schedule of Fuel Oil Suppliers’.
23 August 1943

MUS/230/1/9/2/4
Two page typescript, ‘Liberty Ships’, ‘intended as a guide to managers’ agents in connection with modifications and alterations to these vessels …’
29 July 1943

MUS/230/1/9/2/5
1. Covering letter addressed to Captain Blake at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
11 September 1943
2. Copy of letter enclosed with above, announcing that the American Liberty vessel assigned to the Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. will be the Samkansa and that its delivery date was then in the period 4-7 October 1943, at Baltimore, Maryland.
9 September 1943
3. Six page typescript enclosed with (1) above, ‘Liberty Ships’, a memorandum drawn up as a guide for owner’s agents in connection with taking over such vessels.
27 July 1943

MUS/230/1/9/2/6
One page typescript document, ‘American Export Lines’ Agents �" North Africa/Mediterranean-Levant (Near East).
September 1943

MUS/230/1/9/2/7
Memo from the Ministry of War Transport concerning Fathometer Echo-sounding devices fitted to the majority of “Sam” vessels, with list of appropriate Inspection Officers appended.
10 November 1943

MUS/230/1/9/2/8
Three page typescript, ‘Liberty Vessels under Bareboat Charter to Ministry of War Transport’, generally concerned with cargo handling.
20 January 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/9
Single-page typescript, ‘(Captain’s) Half-Yearly Voyage Account (for S.S. Samkansa)’, 23 August 1943 to 23 February 1944. In this period the ship had called at Baltimore, New York, Halifax, Liverpool and Port Said.

MUS/230/1/9/2/10
1. Copy of covering letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Blake of the Samkansa, concerning ballasting “Sam” vessels.
31 March 1944
2. Copy of letter from Assistant Director of Ship Management, Ministry of War Transport, enclosed with above, ‘”Sam” vessels’ fixed ballast’.
3. Copy of letter, with attached diagram, from Assistant Director of Ship Management, Ministry of War Transport, enclosed with above, concerning “Sam” vessels and fixed ballast.
The issue of ballasting is revisited in later correspondence (MUS/230/1/9/5)

MUS/230/1/9/2/11
1. Two copies of single-page typescript, ‘Some notes on the use of sulphanilamide and allied drugs’, compiled by the Surgeon of the S.S. Orion.
29 March 1944
2. Letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to the Captain of the Samkansa, with enclosed correction slip intended to be pasted into notes on use of Sulphanilamide and allied drugs (above).
9 May 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/12
1. Covering letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain C.K. Blake of the Samkansa, enclosing copy of letter from Ministry of War Transport (below).
11 May 1944
2. Copy of letter enclosed with above, from Director of Ship Management at the Ministry of War Transport concerning maintenance of lifting gear.
10 May 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/13
‘S.S. Samkansa dry-docking report’, location unknown.
1 July 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/14
1. Memorandum from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain C.K. Blake at New York, enclosing copy of letter from Ministry of War Transport (below).
4 July 1944
2. Copy of letter enclosed with above, from the Director of Ship Management at the Ministry of War Transport, concerning possible difficulties with auxiliary steering gear on “Sam” ships.
30 June 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/15
Two-page report, ‘N.D. Arrival Report �" Secret’, filled out by C.K. Blake, master of the Samkansa at Liverpool.
23-24 July 1944

MUS/230/1/9/2/16
Single page typescript, ‘Copy of letter from �" Smith, for Directors of Sea Transport, Ministry of War Transport, to Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ld.’. The letter concerns the allocation of the Samkansa for Sea Transport Service.
28 July 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3
Documents concerning Samkansa from August 1944 to the end of the year. Roberts appears to have taken command on or by 26 July and the ship was chartered by the Director of Sea Transport as a store ship on 5 August 1945. Samkansa left the Mersey on 22 August with war stores for Naples, thereafter working mainly between the operational ports of Italy, Greece and France (see MUS/230/1/9/7/21).
Documents relating to three topics, police cases at Naples and Bari, the vexed question of ballasting and the stranding of the Ionia on Skiathos, are listed separately (MUS/230/1/9/4-6).

MUS/230/1/9/3/1
‘Admiralty Circular to ship-owners Issued through War Risks Clubs: losses on binoculars supplied to merchant ships by the Admiralty’.
1 August 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/2
Letter from the Seafarers’ Education Service to the Master of the Samkansa concerning the dispatch of a case of 50 books to be a crew’s library.

MUS/230/1/9/3/3
Letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts concerning the status of Engineer Officers under the new National Maritime Board Agreement.
10 August 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/4
Letter from Marine Superintendent to the Marconi Company of Liverpool, requesting the supply of a second self-contained portable lifeboat wireless for the Samkansa. Annotations in ink, addressed to Captain Roberts, record the ordering of fish oil and cement, and note when the vessel is next due for dry-docking.
10 August 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/5
Letter from the Orient Line (emergency office) to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa at Liverpool concerning the ship’s storing (with dried potatoes etc.).
14 August 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/6
Three letters of appointment from the Marconi International Marine Communication Company.
17 August 1944
1. Letter requiring R.C.H. Lee to take duty as First Radio Officer on board the Samkansa at Birkenhead.
2. Letter requiring A.W. Allcock to take duty as Second Radio Officer on board the Samkansa at Birkenhead.
3. Letter requiring J.L.(?) Wilkin to take duty as Third Radio Officer on board the Samkansa at Birkenhead.

MUS/230/1/9/3/7
N.D. Certificate filled out for the Samkansa at Liverpool, with attached memo and list of N.D. depots.
22 August 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/8
1. Covering letter on the subject of Boat Lowering Gear from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa.
14 September 1944
2. Copy of letter, enclosed with above, from Director of Ship Management, Ministry of War Transport requesting that practical tests be carried out on the ‘Park Manual and Automatic Fall Control’ fitted on board the Samkansa.
13 September 1944
3. Letter from Captain Roberts of the Samkansa to the Marine Superintendent of the Orient Line concerning tests carried out on the Parkes Lowering Gear.
22 December 1944
4. Report on test of the Parkes Lowering Gear, enclosed with above.

MUS/230/1/9/3/9
Draft two-page letter, with corrections, from the Master of the Samkansa (Captain Roberts) to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, reporting on the voyage to date. Probably written from Naples, this comments on deficiencies in ballasting (for other documents relating to this issue see MUS/230/1/9/5) and refers to a case of cargo broaching (for which see MUS/230/1/9/4/1).
The reply from the Managers is MUS/230/1/9/5/3.
7 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/10
Secret document, ‘Convoy Cruising Order and Instructions’, for Convoy: S.39 (codeword: Mahogany), sailing on 10 November 1944, estimated time of arrival 11 November. The Samkansa was headed for Brindisi, probably from Ancona.
Various addresses, without names, in ink and pencil on reverse.

MUS/230/1/9/3/11
Letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts, concerning payments made on Advance Notes to named individuals and the victualling of Naval and Army gunners. Letter ends wishing the compliments of the Season.
24 November 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/12
Naval Message form with message addressed to captain of the Samkansa, ‘Next of kin all well’, dated 25 October 1944, with handwritten note, ‘Took 2 months to reach us in the Mediterranean’. Date stamp and address on reverse, also ‘Brindisi’ in pencil.
For delays in receiving mail in the Mediterranean: MUS/230/1/9/3/13/3; MUS/230/1/9/5/5.
19 December 1944

MUS/230/1/9/3/13
Three air mail letters from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa.
1. Letter replying to Roberts’ of 28 November, complete text, see MUS/230/1/9/5/5.
15 December 1944
2. Letter citing Ministry of War Transport’s response to Roberts comments on welfare provision in Mediterranean operational ports (MUS/230/1/9/5/5/1).
20 December 1944
3. Letter replying to Roberts’ complaints concerning late delivery of mails (see also MUS/230/1/9/3/13; MUS/230/1/9/5/5/1).
21 December 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4
Documents relating to a case of cargo broaching and stabbing case that were dealt with at Naples and Bari respectively, in September-October 1944, originally contained in OHMS envelope addressed to the Master of the Samkansa, with ‘Sullivan and Ryan Case/Oiler Clark’, in pencil on back.

MUS/230/1/9/4/1
Documents relating to the Ryan and Sullivan case of cargo broaching and the pair’s subsequent misdemeanours (see MUS/230/1/9/3/9).

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/1
Two copies of letter addressed to the Naval Officer in Charge, Naples, from the S.S. Samkansa, requesting that a Naval Court be held to enquire into the conduct of Able Seaman M. Ryan and Oiler W.T. Sullivan, who were thought to have purloined three packages of cigarettes on 14 September 1944. Both copies have attached copies of the entry in the ship’s official log describing the discovery of the crime.
22 September 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/2
Handwritten statements taken by Sergeant Atton from the three witnesses to the crime, all marine gunners: 1. J. Beresford; 2. E.W. Atherton; 3. E. Marshall.
22 September 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/3
1. Naval Court Form 1. Convening Order, detailing the charge made against the miscreants and summoning a Naval Court to assemble at Naples at 0930 in the forenoon, 26 September 1944.
24 September 1944
2. Naval Court Form 3. Summon s to Party, addressed to R. Roberts, master of the Samkansa, to the above Naval Court.
24 September 1944
3. Message from Naval Provost Marshall, Naples, to the Master of the Samkansa, requesting that he arrange for the ship’s Third Engineer to appear as a witness in the trial of Oiler Sullivan.
25 September 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/4
Restricted two page typescript report made by Sergeant J. Atton, C.M. Police, on events from his arrest of Ryan and Sullivan on 22 September through to their trial on 26 September, when they protested their innocence and were found Not Guilty. It appears that the case was taken seriously because the Samkansa was carrying the personal kit of General Alexander.
30 September 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/5
Paper notice printed in red and black, ‘Naval Courts’, with, ‘Typical Recent Cases in Mediterranean’.

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/6
1. 8th Port of Embarkation British Military Police, Report, 26 September 1944, concerning Able Seaman M.F. Ryan of the Samkansa, who appeared ‘quite normal’ at 2000 hours.
26 September 1944
2. 8th Port of Embarkation British Military Police, Statement by Pfc. G. Berkowitz of 59 MP Co., who had picked up Ryan as he was passed out, ‘probably from the effects of liquor’.
26 September 1944
3. Patrol Report addressed to Naval Provost Marshall, Naples, in which Berkowitz repeats his statement.

MUS/230/1/9/4/1/7
Patrol Report addressed to Naval Provost Marshall, Naples, to the effect that Oiler Sullivan was apprehended for circulating after curfew.
10 October 1944.

MUS/230/1/9/4/2
Documents relating to a stabbing case involving Oiler J. Clark at Castellamare on 16 October 1944, that was subsequently dealt with at Bari. See also MUS/230/1/9/5/5.

MUS/230/1/9/4/2/1
Letter from the Master of the Samkansa to the Naval-Officer-in-Charge at Port Augusta, reporting on the stabbing of Gunner Pickering by Oiler Clark, listing the latter’s misdemeanours and requesting that he be removed from the ship and dismissed from the Merchant Navy.
17 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/2/2
Two copies of a signed witness statement made by James Godfrey, A.B. Gunner, witness to the fight between Pickering and Clark. The first copy was included (and folded) with the above (MUS/230/1/9/4/2/1), the second with the following (MUS/230/1/9/4/2/3).
23 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/4/2/3
Bundle of four documents relating to the stabbing case.
1. Covering memo from the Assistant Provost Marshal, noting the inclusion of, ‘all relevant documents relating to the stabbing case’.
24 October 1944
2. Report made to the Assistant Provost Marshal.
21 October 1944
3. Undated statement made by Gunner Pickering that also mentions Oiler Sullivan as a miscreant.
4. Copy of letter from the Master of the Samkansa dated 17 October (MUS/230/1/9/4/2/1).

MUS/230/1/9/5
Correspondence concerning the ballasting of the Samkansa. Earlier correspondence on this subject: MUS/230/1/9/2/10.

MUS/230/1/9/5/1
1. Covering letter from Captain J.J. O’Connor, D.S.T.O. Liverpool, to Captain Kennedy, Marine Superintendent of the Orient Line, enclosing the following letter.
26 September 1944
2. Letter from C.T. Morgan, for the Director of Sea Transport, to Captain J.J. O’Connor, concerning the ballasting of the Samkansa.
25 September 1944

MUS/230/1/9/5/2
1. Covering letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa, enclosing copies of correspondence on the subject of “Sam” vessel ballasting between the Managers and the Ministry of War Transport.
24 October 1944
2. Letter from the Managers to the Director of Ship Management, including an extract from a letter from Captain Burnnand of the Sameveron, detailing ballasting misadventures.
19 October 1944
3. Letter from the Ministry of War Transport to the Managers concerning “Sam” vessel ballasting.
20 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/5/3
Letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa, replying to his report of the 7th (MUS/230/1/9/3/9) and noting the inclusion of the following letter to the Ministry of War Transport.
31 October 1944
2. Two copies of letter from the Managers to the Director of Ship Management concerning the ballasting of “Sam” vessels.
31 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/5/4
1. Letter from the Marine Superintendent at the Orient Steam Navigation Company to a Mr Hawkyard of the same company, on the subject of ballasting of “Sam” vessels. Note in pencil, ‘Dear Roberts, these for your information, G.S. Kennedy’.
2 November 1944
2. Copy of letter concerning ballasting of “Sam” vessels from the Managers to the Director of Ship Management, including an extract from a letter from Captain Burnnand of the Sameveron (MUS/230/1/9/5/2/2).
19 October 1944
3. Copy of letter from the Ministry of War Transport to the Managers concerning “Sam” vessel ballasting (MUS/230/1/9/5/2/3).
20 October 1944

MUS/230/1/9/5/5
1. Draft of three page typescript letter from the captain of the Samkansa to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company. This deals with problems concerning ballasting, steering gear and the ship’s crew, in particular the need for appropriate welfare organisations in operational ports and delays in receipt of mail (see MUS/230/1/9/3/13/3; MUS/230/1/9/3/12).
Mention is made of the case of Oiler Clark (see MUS/230/1/9/4/2). The Ministry of War Transport’s response to Roberts’ comments on welfare organisations are cited in MUS/230/1/9/3/13/2.
28 November 1944
2. Reply from the Managers to Robert’s letter of the 28th, answering his concerns about ballast, steering gear, slip and crew. See MUS/230/1/9/3/13/1 for complete text of air mail letter.
15 December 1944

MUS/230/1/9/6
Documents relating to the stranding of the Ionia (and one other ship?) on Skiathos, 14 December 1944. The political troubles referred to on Skiathos may be connected with the build-up to the civil war that erupted in 1946. Roberts gave additional details in a later air mail letter to the Managers of the Company (MUS/230/1/9/7/3).

MUS/230/1/9/6/1
Four page typescript, report from the Master of the Samkansa to N.C.S.O. Port Said, ‘The Passage and Routing of Samkansa from Salonica, 14th �" 17th December 1944’, with extract from ship’s log. Samkansa had departed Salonika in company with the Greek passenger vessel Ionia. The weather rapidly deteriorating, with squalls reaching force 11, and Ionia ran ashore on Skiathos.
20 December 1944

MUS/230/1/9/6/2
Marconigram form with message, ‘SOS = ashore Island Skiathos Phare(?) Repi [Further messages:-
0545/15 What warship is near me - come and remove crew.
0552/15 Have only one boat. �" 20 Royal Naval personel (sic) on board.
0556/15 We must not land on Skiathos because of political trouble.
0559/15 Destination was Piraeus.]
14 December 1944

MUS/230/1/9/6/3
Marconigram form with message, ‘all leave ship O.K. last boat will leave �" SK’.
15 December 1944.

MUS/230/1/9/7
Documents relating to the Samkansa for 1945. In February of that year the ship was fitted for 250 troops at Algiers and went on to take part in the movement of Canadian divisions from Italy to France, complete with their tanks and motor transport. From Marseilles the ship sailed for West Africa to load for the UK (with cocoa, mahogany etc.), before setting out in July, now under the auspices of the Sea Transport Service, via the Panama Canal, with RAF personnel and equipment to build aerodromes on Okinawa for the planned invasion of Japan. Overtaken by peace (VJ Day, 15 August), Samkansa reported for orders at Eniwetok in the western Marshalls and then sailed to Leyte, before discharging her cargo at Singapore in October. After voyaging to and from Bangkok, the ship was loaded munitions intended to aid the suppression of the Java revolt, unloading at Soerabaja/Surabaya. The Samkansa spent Christmas at Portland and touched at San Francisco before arriving at London with a cargo of timber. A collection of photographs may have been taken on this voyage (see MUS/230/2/18).

MUS/230/1/9/7/1
Six air mail letters from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Roberts, Master of the Samkansa, from the earlier part of the year.
1. Letter concerning gratuities.
3 January 1945
2. Letter concerning delivery of mails.
12 January 1945
3. Letter copying one from a Mrs Minchella, who had not heard from her son Bernard on board the Samkansa and wished him to know that his father was returning from Germany, where he had been a prisoner of war.
16 January 1945
4. Letter referring to gratuities and mail delivery.
2 February 1945
5. Letter on the subject of crew mail.
17 February 1945
6. Letter copying one from Director of Ship Management on the subject of the danger of suffocation to those entering the after void tanks in “Sam” ships.
1 May 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/2
Note on back of a mill stock and production form, ‘Capt. Roberts Sir, herewith one staff car and one driver Pte. Mc Niece at your service for the day, kind regards …’.
24 January 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/3
Air mail letter from Roberts of the Samkansa to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, touching on ballasting and mail, but mostly concerned with an account of the storm off Skiathos (see MUS/230/1/9/6).
For reply see MUS/230/1/9/7/5.
3 February 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/4
Circular letter from the Company Marine Superintendent to captains of Orient and “Sam” ships, ‘Lifeboat Wireless Telegraphy Equipment for Foreign Going Ships on U.K. Register’.
23 February 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/5
Letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, replying to Roberts’ of 3 February (MUS/230/1/9/7/3).
23 February 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/6
‘BBC Short Waveband Chart: Overseas World Service in English for March-June 1945’.

MUS/230/1/9/7/7
Copy of confidential memo, ‘Patrolling Sentry Employed by Liners Berthed in Liverpool’.
2 March 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/8
Letter from Deputy Director of Ship Management, Ministry of War Transport, ‘The Effect of N.D. Gear on Magnetic Compasses’.
2 March 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/9
Circular letter from the Company Marine Superintendent to captains Orient, Dutch and “Sam” vessels, ‘Accidents to Stevedores, Contractors’ Employees and all Other Persons On Board not being Members of the Ship’s Company’.
12 March 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/10
1. Circular letter from the Company Marine Superintendent to The Captain, S.S. Samkansa, enclosing the following.
14 March 1945
2. ‘The Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Marine Service Bulletin A/45: Marine Service in Australia’.
10 March 1945.

MUS/230/1/9/7/11
Sailing orders issued from the Marine Nationale, for three vessels, including the Samkansa, sailing under the escort of HMS Malouine from Ajaccio, on Corsica, to Marseilles on 25 March 1945.
24 March 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/12
Copy of letter from Ministry of War Transport , ‘Maintenance of D.E.M.S. Accommodation’.
5 April 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/13
Copy of letter from the Ministry of War Transport circulated to owners and managers of vessels fitted out with N.D. equipment, concerning items missing after a vessel’s stay in port.
10 April 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/14
The Liverpool and London War Risks Insurance Assoc: Ltd. Admiralty Circular to Ship-owners Issued Through War Risks Clubs. Convoy Equipment’.
18 February 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/15
Copy of letter from Principal Sea Transport Officer, North-west Ports, ‘Shore Leave to Crews’.
20 April 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/16
Copy of, ‘Admiralty Circular to Ship Owners Issued Through War Risks Club. Commercial Wireless Messages To and From Ships’.
23 May 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/17
1. Covering letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts.
28 May 1945
2. Enclosed copy of letter addressed to all deck officers from the Company advising them that the return of prisoners of war and Royal Naval Reserve Officers may entail readjustment of rank and pay.
May 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/18
Eleven sheets containing 34 ‘BAMS’ messages, mostly U.S., concerning navigation and communication.
29 May-19 June 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/19
Copy of circular letter to owners and managers of deep-sea tramps from Director of Ship Management, Ministry of War Transport, concerning solid ballast, dated 29 May 1945.

MUS/230/1/9/7/20
Twelve letters and memos from the Orient Steam Navigation Company addressed to Hull, Liverpool and London, concerned with payment of allotments to named individuals.
21 June-1 August 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/21
Draft report relating to the voyage of the Samkansa commenced 26 July 1945 up to 4 June 1945.

MUS/230/1/9/7/22
Three page document: letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa, with extract from circular on canteen stores for ships and attached price list.
10 July 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/23
1. Covering letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to the Captain of the Samkansa desiring his co-operation with the Hydrographer to the Navy re chart corrections.
13 July 1945
2. Three page document, ‘Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. General Circular to Members - not for publication.’
15 June 1945
3. Memo, ‘The Collection of Information for the Hydrographer to the Navy.
May 1945
4. Form H. 102 (Revised November 1933), ‘Important. Information for the Correction of British Admiralty Charts and Hydrographic Publications’.

MUS/230/1/9/7/24
1. Covering letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa.
26 June 1945
2. Secret letter from the Director of Sea Transport, Ministry of War Transport concerning proposed fitting out work to fit the Samkansa for Sea Transport Service and victualling arrangements for R.A.F. personnel.
22 June 1945
3. ‘Abridged Canteen Price List’.

MUS/230/1/9/7/25
‘Emergency Branch Hydrographic Office Balboa, C.Z. (Panama City)’, recording receipt of charts for the Samkansa from U.S. Hydrographic Office, charge $2.20.
8 August 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/26
Copy of memo from the Ministry of War Transport concerning adjustment of crew diet to meet climatic conditions found in Far Eastern waters.

MUS/230/1/9/7/27
1. Marconigram ship to ship message handed in at Washington concerning change in sailing procedures in the aftermath of peace.
5 September 1945
2. Marconigram ship to ship message from the Admiralty concerning changes to radio operations and scheduling.
12 September 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/28
Confidential 38 page document, ‘Administrative SOPA Instructions. Commander Service Division 102. Eniwetok’.
3 August 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/29
Confidential four page document issued by the Office of the Port Director, Eniwetok, ‘Communication Plan for Independent Ships’.
14 September 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/29
Two charts of Eniwetok Atoll, with covering diagram, ‘Firing Areas, Eniwetok’.

MUS/230/1/9/7/30
Two page document on routing instructions for Samkansa, departing Eniwetok for Leyte, with four pages of Navigational Warnings, including one duplicate page.
20 September 1945.

MUS/230/1/9/7/31
Six page document, ‘Entrance Instructions to Reference Ports: Ulithi; Saipan; Guam; Manus; Kossol Roads; Leyte Gulf; Manila’.
Latest date, 1 July 1945.

MUS/230/1/9/7/32
Confidential 60 page document, ‘Instructions for Leyte Gulf’, produced by the United States Naval Operating Base and SOPA (administrative)’, prefixed by mission statement.
1 May 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/33
Draft of letter from the Captain to the Company Managers reporting the arrival of the Samkansa at Singapore from the Philippines on 6 October 1945, where the cargo embarked at Liverpool was finally discharged.
9 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/34
Twelve page document, list of agents for Orient Liberty Ships, with letter from the Managers to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa containing amendments.
9 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/35
The Samkansa made an abortive voyage in search of rice from Singapore to Bangkok 18-29 October, only to lie off the bar for five days before returning empty.
1. Marconigram advising on entry to harbour over bar.
9 November 1945
2. General memos or orders from SOAG W4 at Bangkok, 1-6, 8-11, 13-15, 17-18, No. 5 with attached price list. These concern provisioning, procedures and protocol.
No. 12 is included in MUS/230/1/9/7/37.
14-21 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/36
Marconigram message with navigational and berthing information, possibly for Bangkok.
20 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/37
Eight pages, all but one Naval Message Forms, containing sixteen messages, from Admiralty, CEIE, CNCEIS and SOAG (see MUS/230/1/9/7/35). These concern subjects including voluntary parcels scheme, cyclone warning, native alcohol warning, release of service men, mines and mine-clearance.
18-20 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/38
Draft of letter sent from the Samkansa at Bangkok to a Mr Edwards, concerning demobilisation of D.E.M.S. ratings.
23 October 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/39
1. Draft of letter from Captain of Samkansa, at Singapore, to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, reporting the vessel’s release from the Sea Transport Service, from midnight 29 October, and it’s coming under the orders of the Ministry of War Transport, in the anticipation of sailing for San Francisco on 4 November, possibly to load grain for India (two copies).
1 November 1945
2. Air Mail letter to Roberts at Portland (Oregon) from the Company Managers thanking him for his letter of 1 November.
20 November 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/40
Documents relating to Roberts’ part in suppressing the Indonesian uprising. Samkansa stayed close to the fighting at Surabaya for five days unloading munitions from Singapore.
1. Air Mail letter from the Company Managers to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa at San Francisco, replying to his letter of 11 November from Sourabaya (sic) and wishing him, his officers and crew season’s greetings.
5 December 1945
2. Undated newspaper cutting, ‘Japs Inspire Java Revolt, Says Veteran Ship Skipper’ by Florence Dannals, with photograph of Capt. Roberts (two copies). This gives details of Robert’s career in the Pacific and quotes him as saying that ‘the natives’, who were alleged to have killed or mistreated Dutch and British civilians, were, ‘nothing but bandits’. Roberts’ home is given as Tring (Herts.) and it is reported that he was to sail from Portland for San Francisco after Christmas.
December 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/41
1. Marconigram passing on news of parliamentary resolution of thanks to the Merchant Navy.
30 November 1945
2. Marconigram appealing to active seamen to continue with their ships during the holiday season in light of the current emergency.

MUS/230/1/9/7/42
‘Extract from Circular from Employers Association of the Port of Liverpool, Seamen’s Provision �" Revised (reduced) Statutory Food Scale’.
20 December 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/43
1. RCA Radiogram addressed to the Captain of the Samkansa at San Francisco, requesting detailed statement of unrepaired damage incurred prior to 1 December and list of un-replenished gear and stores.
28 December 1945
2. Draft of letter to the Company Managers from the Captain of the Samkansa, acknowledging receipt of cable (above). Samkansa was then due at San Francisco on 7 January 1946, having loaded with timber at Portland and was to complete its cargo for London with tinned fruit. Roberts recounts the misadventures of young seamen unaccustomed to driving on the right after having received ‘wonderful hospitality’ �" these may have been the D.E.M.S. ratings berated by a British Naval Liaison Officer (see MUS/230/1/9/8/1).
6 January 1946
3. Letter dated Naples recording damage to Samkansa incurred in harbour.
21 February 1945
4. Letter dated Hull reporting on damage to the ship’s bilge keel discovered on docking.
24 June 1945
5. ‘Report of damage occasioned to shell plating whilst leaving Hull’.
1 July 1945

MUS/230/1/9/7/44
Seven page draft feature on Captain R.W. Roberts by Victor L. Worsfold, Evening News Shipping Reporter, based on an interview on board the Samkansa at Glasgow. Composed following the Samkansa’s return from San Francisco in 1946, it is largely concerned with war-time events.
Opening, ‘The long-awaited order had come through at last …’, the feature records Roberts’ crushing disappointment at the surrender of Japan. An outline of his war service from 1942 onwards reaches a climax in the Surabaya incident (see MUS/230/1/9/7/40). The feature then comments on the opulence of the cargo then being loaded for the Middle East and ends by noting that Captain Roberts intended, ‘to write a book on the conduct of the Madagascar Operation’.

MUS/230/1/9/7/45
Ministry of War Transport Notice No. M.279. Notice to Masters, Officers and Seamen of Merchant Ships: Campaign Stars.
June 1945

MUS/230/1/9/8
Documents relating to or generated by the Samkansa in 1946. The ship had returned to London from San Francisco by February, departed for the Mediterranean and returned by June. A second voyage saw Samkansa depart for Karachi and Bombay, where delays were caused by civil unrest, proceed on to various Australian ports, before returning via Aden, reaching Marseilles by January. The transition back to peacetime arrangements is a recurring theme.

MUS/230/1/9/8/1
Letter from British Naval Liaison Officer, British Naval Office, Western Sea Frontier (Federal Office Building, San Francisco), to D.E.M.S. Ratings, S.S. Samkansa, berating them for causing trouble and complaining. These ratings had been, ‘getting into trouble ashore’ (see MUS/230/1/9/7/43/2).
16 January 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/2
Letter concerning payment of crew allotments from the Accountant of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to the Officer-in-Charge on the Samkansa, then at Berth L, West India Dock (Port of London).
24 February 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/3
1. Letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Company Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa largely concerned with the resumption of Mr Holme’s Agency and the utility of Mr Cimmino.
6 March 1946
2. Enclosure with above, copy of letter from Company Managers to Mr Holme, c/o Ministry of War Transport, Naples, concerning the resumption of his Agency.
27 February 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/4
Copy of memo from Ministry of War Transport concerning ‘Collisions and Damage to Harbour Works’.
February 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/5
Circular letter from Marine Superintendant of the Orient Steam Navigation Co., copy to captain of Samkansa, concerning the elimination of undesirables from ships’ crews following the end of hostilities.
6 March 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/6
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa, c/o Glasgow, requesting registered numbers of newly joined engineers in the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund. Numbers listed on reverse.
15 March 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/7
Document certifying the delivery of the S.S. Samkansa, complete with oil and fresh water, at Princes Dock, Glasgow.
18 March 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/8
1. Covering letter from the Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Captain Roberts passing on the enclosed note (below), written by Mr Ford Geddes, now returned to the company having been on the staff of Lord Gort in Palestine.
27 March 1946
2. Note concerning Emergency Regulation of the Palestine Government empowering them to seize ships bringing in illegal Jewish immigrants.
27 March 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/9
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Roberts at Glasgow passing on information concerning problems arising from restrictions on the supply of dunnage (packing material) at Port Said.
29 March 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/10
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Roberts at Glasgow concerning arrangements at Alexandria, Port Said, Haifa and Beyrout (sic), Haifa being the cheapest for bunkering.
3 April 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/11
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Roberts at Glasgow informing him of the dispatch of the New Standard Code Book.
4 April 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/12
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Roberts, ‘Crew Welfare’.
5 April 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/13
Letter from Roberts to Company Managers reporting arrival of the Samkansa at Alexandria on 24 April and laying out a provisional itinerary: Port Said �" Haifa �" Beyrout (sic). The letter also chronicles Ordinary Seaman R. Leeman’s hernia.
28 April 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/14
Bill from Dr Dimitri Farah of the Sociètê Américaine de Médecine at Alexandria, for medicines and services supplied to the Samkansa.
5 May 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/15
Letter from Chief Officer to Captain Roberts at Haifa reporting damage caused by stevedore gang in discharging flour on the 14th (three copies).
15 May 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/16
Notice from Master to crew of the Samkansa at Haifa concerning conducted visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem arranged with British Sailors’ Society for 18 May (see MUS/230/1/9/8/19).
May 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/17
1. Circular letter, copy for Captain Roberts, from Orient Line Marine Superintendent to all captains soliciting their views on specific topics concerning the benefits of radar.
22 May 1946
2. Four page typescript, with corrections, replying to the above.

MUS/230/1/9/8/18
Certificate of Completion of Discharge of S.S. Samkansa at Beyrout.
22 May 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/19
Letter from Roberts on the Samkansa, Beyrout (sic) to Alexandria, replying to letter and cable of instruction from the Company. The letter reports the success of the Bethlehem-Jerusalem tour (see MUS/230/1/9/8/16).
23 May 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/20
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Captain of Samkansa, c/o Liverpool, ‘New Telegraphic Address’.
4 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/21
Letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Captain S.S. Burnand of the Sameveron at Liverpool, ‘Change of Command’.
6 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/22
1. Covering letter from Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa.
11 June 1946
2. Extract of letter enclosed with above from the Company’s agents in Alexandria urging captains to consult them before engaging “contractors”.
4 July 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/23
Letter from Roberts of the Samkansa at to the Managers of the Company, reporting the ship’s arrival at Cardiff. The letter mentions passengers embarked at Alexandria and the receipt by radio of the news of the death of Ordinary Seaman Wareham’s mother. The captain had been similarly informed of an operation his wife had undergone and intended going on leave, handing over to Captain Goldsworthy.
12 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/24
Note from the Marine Department of the Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Goldsworthy instructing him to sign himself on Samkansa’s articles.
12 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/25
Letter from the Company’s Marine Superintendent informing Captain Goldsworthy, at Cardiff, of changes to the crew of the Samkansa and arranging for its departure for Liverpool.
14 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/26
Letter from the Black Star Line to Australia to the captain of the Samkansa, at Liverpool, drawing his attention to the need to visit the Long Room at the Cunard Building for sailing instructions.
20 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/27
Letter from the Orient Company Stores Department to the captain of the Samkansa, at Liverpool, on the subject of ‘Crew (ration) Scales’.
24 June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/28
Unsigned letter to the company managers from the Captain on the occasion of his taking over the Samkansa.
June 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/29
Copy of form: First port of call TYNE/Other ports:- London & Bombay/…/Sailing from river 2.30p.m. 3rd.July. Additional pencil notes concerning oil.
3 July 1945

MUS/230/1/9/8/30
Copy of letter from Ministry of Transport concerning corrosion in the holds of the Samkansa and Sameveron.
8 July 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/31
Letter from Company Managers to the captain of Samkansa, at Royal Albert Docks, ‘Dental Treatment for Members of the Ships Company at Ports Abroad’.
29 July 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/32
Letter from the Company Managers to Captain Roberts of Samkansa at Royal Albert Docks concerning its loading for Karachi and Bombay.
30 July 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/33
Cargo Report by the Chief Officer of S.S. Samkansa concerning treatment of barometers.
20 August 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/34
Coded Indian Radio and Cable Communications Co. Ltd. telegram in original envelope addressed to Captain Samkansa at Bombay (see MUS/230/1/9/8/35).
3 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/35
Hand written note, probably transcription of coded cable (?MUS/230/1/9/8/34), ‘You are allocated to load at Australia UK and/or Continent on our berth. On completion of discharge Bombay proceed in ballast Freemantle for orders. Order ballast you consider necessary. Acknowledge receipt these instructions. Orient.

MUS/230/1/9/8/36
Draft letter to the Managers from Samkansa’s captain at Bombay acknowledging receipt of instructions to proceed to Freemantle in ballast. The letter describes problems encountered at Bombay due to political troubles over Ramadan, the city having been under curfew.
8 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/37
Air Mail letter from the Company Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa at Adelaide (redirected from Perth and Tasmania), replying to his of 8 September.
24 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/38
Letter from Company’s Bombay agents to commander of Samkansa concerning terms under which Goanese cooks were engaged.
25 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/39
Certificate issued to the Samkansa, which having arrived at the Brocklebank Line Berth on 2 September had completed discharging.
26 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/40
Draft letter from Captain of Samkansa at Bombay to the Orient Company Managers concerning delays at Bombay and employment of Goanese cooks.
27 September 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/41
Four page document giving inventories of equipment carried on the Samkansa’s four lifeboats and giving dates when their water tanks were last cleaned and filled �" 17-23 September.
1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/42
Letter written from the Samkansa at Adelaide to Mr Hogarth concerning the poor quality of Ministry stores.
25 October 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/43
Air Mail letter from the Company Managers to Samkansa’s captain at Perth (redirected to Hobart) informing him of an arbitrary £10 grant to be made to all deck officers to assist in purchasing the uniforms required by the Company’s post-war renaissance.
28 October 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/44
1. Covering letter from the Company Accountant to Captain Roberts at Freemantle concerning exchange rate for Canadian Dollars.
30 October 1946
2. Copy of Ministry of Transport letter, enclosed with above, concerning exchange of American and Canadian Dollars.
25 October 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/45
Statement of fuel oil used and bunkered at Port Adelaide by S.S. Samkansa.
25 October 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/46
Circular letter from Marine Superintendent, copy to Captain Samkansa concerning changes to Orient Line workshops’ organisation.
9 November 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/47
Letter from Company Accountant to Roberts of Samkansa at Aden concerning ‘Allotments’.
20 November 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/48
1. Covering letter from Adelaide agents of the Orient Company to Captain Roberts forwarding letter concerning repatriation of Colonial seamen.
22 November 1946
2. Letter British Ministry of Transport representative in Australia concerning the repatriation of Colonial seamen.
8 October 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/49
1. Covering letter from the Orient Company Managers enclosing revised edition of Uniform Regulations.
27 November 1946
2. ‘Orient Steam Navigation Co. Uniform appointed to be worn whilst on duty’.
November 1946
See MUS/230/1/9/8/52

MUS/230/1/9/8/50
Air Mail letter from the Company Managers to the Samkansa’s Purser at Aden concerning arrangements for payment to passengers and crew at sea.
29 November 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/51
Letter from Samkansa’s captain to the Orient Line’s Marine Superintendent concerning the procurement of charts of Antwerp, Australia.
2 December 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/52
Airmail letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to the Captain of the Samkansa, c/o Aden, referring to their letter of 27 November regarding ‘Uniform Regulations’ (MUS/230/1/9/8/49), specifically the transition to the anticipated peacetime passenger service.
4 December 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/53
Airmail letter from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to Captain Roberts of the Samkansa, c/o Aden, concerning crew mail.
6 December 1946

MUS/230/1/9/8/54
Documents concerning Phillips, Chief Steward of Samkansa, whose wife fell seriously ill and who planned to fly home from Marseilles. Samkansa was then due at Aden on 22 December, at the Suez Canal on the 28th and Marseilles on 4 January. Roberts requested a replacement Chief Steward be dispatched to Marseilles.
See MUS/230/1/9/9/2

MUS/230/1/9/8/54/1
Five Marconigram shore to ship forms with coded messages addressed to Captain Samkansa.
1-2. 11 December 1946
3-4. 14 December 1946
5. 23 December 1946, with message decoded.

MUS/230/1/9/8/54/2
Three sheets of pencilled notes which appear to include decoded messages from the Company as well as drafts and their encryptions from the Captain.

MUS/230/1/9/8/55
Covering letter and three page notice from the Company Managers, copy to Captain, Samkansa, concerning long service badges, part of a wider long service scheme.
30 December 1946

MUS/230/1/9/9
Documents relating to or generated by the Samkansa in 1947.
Having returned via Marseilles the ship voyaged to the Caribbean, brining back a cargo of sugar to London in May.

MUS/230/1/9/9/1
Certificate to the effect that the Samkansa, gross tonnage 7,219, managers the Orient Steam Navigation Company, is entered with the Shipping Federation Limited.
1 January 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/2
Letter from Captain Roberts to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Company reporting the Samkansa’s arrival at Marseilles on 4 January, en route for Antwerp. Roberts reports a visit to the British Cemetery to lay a wreath on the graves of six crew members of the Orford, one of the Company ships, who were buried 2 June 1940, as well as the arrival of a replacement Chief Steward (see MUS/230/1/9/8/54)
7 January 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/3
Letter, in original envelope, from the Company Marine Superintendent to Roberts of the Samkansa, congratulating him and the crew on the ship’s good appearance and condition.
28 January 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/4
Letter from the Company Managers to Captain Samkansa announcing the purchase of various nautical periodicals for the use of the whole ship’s company.
5 February 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/5
Certificate of re-delivery for Samkansa at London, complete with fuel oil and water.
7 February 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/6
Letter from the Company Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa, at London, confirming appointment of Agents at St Vincent, Grenada and Demerara.
13 February 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/7
Letter from the Company Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa, at West India Dock, London, concerning homeward crew mail with list of remaining Fleet Mail Offices appended.
18 February 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/8
Letter from the Company Managers to Roberts of the Samkansa, at West India Dock, London, sorrowfully announcing forthcoming changes to the Company Board of Directors.
19 February 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/9
First page of draft letter from Samkansa at Trinidad to the Harrison Line Representative there concerning broaching and pilfering of cargo due to poor stowage and packaging.
29 March 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/10
Draft of letter from Samkansa to the Trinidad Coaling Co., authorising an operation to be performed on the third engineer, Mr A. Anderson.
See MUS/230/1/9/9/13
30 March 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/11
Six airmail letters from the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Co. to Captain Roberts of Samkansa, all but the last addressed c/o Port of Spain, the last to c/o Barbados.
1. Concerning storage of vaccine lymph.
28 February 1947
2. From the Company Accountant concerning the cessation of War Risk Money.
13 March 1947
3. Concerning medical attention at Suez Canal Ports.
27 March 1947
4. From Accountant concerning payment of allotments to named seamen.
27 March 1947
5. From Accountant concerning Extra Leave.
27 March 1947
6. Concerning despatch of crew mail.
2 April 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/12
Draft of letter from Roberts of Samkansa to the shipping department of Messrs. Booker Bros., McConnell & Co., complaining about the poor standard of work undertaken by waterside labour at Georgetown.
See MUS/230/1/9/9/14
12 April 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/13
Draft letter from Roberts of the Samkansa to the Company Managers, reporting that the ship was about to complete loading for London, mostly with sugar. The passage was expected to take 14.5 days and six passengers were to be carried. Crew changes also mentioned and the third engineer, left behind in hospital in Port of Spain, is reported to be cheerful (see MUS/230/1/9/9/10).
22 April 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/14
Orient Steam Navigation Company General Voyage Report, S.S. Samkansa Voyage 6. Samkansa departed London for Georgetown, Demerara, 28 February and returned 8 May. Roberts reports an assault on his person with a plate of hot soup and complains of the standard of work at Georgetown (see MUS/230/1/9/9/12).
May 1947

MUS/230/1/9/9/15
1. Letter from the Company Managers to Roberts, at The Vicarage, Icklesham, Sussex, stating that whilst they did not object to his notes being circulated, they cautioned against being too outspoken.
9 June 1947
2. Four pages of notes by Roberts, ‘Shipping and the West Indies’ and ‘Some Notes on the Ports’. The notes depreciate the current state of shipping too and among the islands and call for some form of state subsidies to encourage tourism and trade.

MUS/230/1/9/10
Undated documents concerning the Samkansa and similar.

MUS/230/1/9/10/1
Unused letter form from ship’s captain to the Managers of the Orient Steam Navigation Co., for use on the occasion of taking over command.

MUS/230/1/9/10/2
Four page document concerning ship’s cash book and voyage accounts.

MUS/230/1/9/10/3
Form S.1540 ‘Particulars of Radio Equipment’, two copies, mostly illegible address (in Southampton) scribbled on reverse of one.

MUS/230/1/9/10/4
Memo, ‘Particulars of Loading Methods at Beni Saf’, describing procedures for loading iron ore from a fixed shoot at this Algerian port.

MUS/230/1/9/10/5
Newspaper cutting, ‘Merchant Marine is being built-up by Palestinian Jews’.
Pre 1948

MUS/230/1/9/10/6
Newspaper cutting, anecdote from article. ‘Religion at Sea’.