GB 0402 GSR - RITCHIE, Adm George S

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0402 GSR

Title

RITCHIE, Adm George S

Date(s)

  • 1937-1959 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

3 vols

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1954- ; The Back Grant 1954; hydrographer of the British Navy.

Archival history

GB 0402 GSR 1937-1959 Collection level 3 vols Ritchie , George S , fl 1937-1959 , hydrographer , Rear Admiral

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1954- ; The Back Grant 1954; hydrographer of the British Navy.

Workbooks containing hydrographic survey observations and calculations of George S Richie comprising Vol. 1: HMSS HERALD, JASON and FRANKLIN,1937-1939, China Sea; Vol. 2: HMSS FRANKLIN and ENDEAVOUR, 1939, 1942-1943, Labrador, North Africa; and Vol. 3: HMSS SCOTT, SHARPSHOOTER, OWEN, CHALLENGER, HMZS LACHLAN and HMS DALRYMPLE, 1943-1959, North Africa, Scotland, Malaya and the River Thames.

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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Jul 2008 Canada Labrador Europe Western Europe UK Scotland Ritchie , George S , fl 1937-1959 , hydrographer , Rear Admiral Surveying Hydrographic surveying North America Thames, river England Malaysia South East Asia North Africa South China Sea London

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Scope and content

Workbooks containing hydrographic survey observations and calculations of George S Richie comprising Vol. 1: HMSS HERALD, JASON and FRANKLIN,1937-1939, China Sea; Vol. 2: HMSS FRANKLIN and ENDEAVOUR, 1939, 1942-1943, Labrador, North Africa; and Vol. 3: HMSS SCOTT, SHARPSHOOTER, OWEN, CHALLENGER, HMZS LACHLAN and HMS DALRYMPLE, 1943-1959, North Africa, Scotland, Malaya and the River Thames.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

By volume

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Conditions governing access

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.

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Institution identifier

Royal Geographical Society

Rules and/or conventions used

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

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