File 552 'Spurn Lightship'

Reference No:: C DPD/1/3/5/1/247
Dates:: 25 Jan 1943-19 Dec 1945
Description:: Correspondence between the Engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board, the Marconi International Marine Co. Ltd. London, the Royal Naval Base, Immingham, Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd. Hull, and various ship repair companies and equipment suppliers, regarding the repair and overhaul of the Spurn Lightship, including its wireless transmission equipment and also the lantern equipment. The lightship’s wireless beacon had been discontinued during the war years and it was proposed to re-instate it after the war, as well as re-instating the submarine Nautophone system. There is correspondence regarding crew members, including disciplinary problems, within the file.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull City Archives
Collection:: Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)