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- [1801-1820] (Creation)
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1 1/2ft; 46cm
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Biographical history
Murray served as Base Intelligence Officer in the Iolaire, Stornoway, from 1914 to 1918, when he was given the rank of temporary sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
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GB 0064 MUR [1801-1820] Collection 1 1/2ft; 46cm Murray , Charles Wadsworth , 1894-1945 , Sub-Lieutenant
Murray served as Base Intelligence Officer in the Iolaire, Stornoway, from 1914 to 1918, when he was given the rank of temporary sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
The papers were presented by Mrs Elizabeth Murray, Murray's widow, in 1956.
Papers of Charles Wadsworth Murray, including notebooks dealing with his time at Stornoway and contain information about German submarine warfare. There are lists of ships lost and of those that engaged enemy submarines and accounts of the loss or surrender of submarines. There are also three manuscripts unrelated to the main collection, consisting of an order book of Captain Richard Grindall, 1801 to 1805; a Navy Prize Office register, 1803 to 1820, and a log of the REVENGE, Captain Sir John Gore, Mediterranean, 1812 to 1813.
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English
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
2010-08-26 International conflicts War (concept) War seizures Naval prizes Military engineering Warfare Maritime warfare Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Submarines Ships Vehicles Transport Murray , Charles Wadsworth , 1894-1945 , Sub-Lieutenant Mediterranean Sea Seas
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The papers were presented by Mrs Elizabeth Murray, Murray's widow, in 1956.
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Papers of Charles Wadsworth Murray, including notebooks dealing with his time at Stornoway and contain information about German submarine warfare. There are lists of ships lost and of those that engaged enemy submarines and accounts of the loss or surrender of submarines. There are also three manuscripts unrelated to the main collection, consisting of an order book of Captain Richard Grindall, 1801 to 1805; a Navy Prize Office register, 1803 to 1820, and a log of the REVENGE, Captain Sir John Gore, Mediterranean, 1812 to 1813.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English