File. 'John Ashley 1959-63'

Reference No:
U DMS/7/5
Dates:
2 Jan 1959-27 Nov 1963
Description:
File containing extracts from minutes, reports, press cutting, account, application, and correspondence mostly between Reverend Frederick Laight as a member of the John Ashley Committee and Reverend T.P. Kerfoot as General Secretary of the Missions to Seamen. Papers relate to the management and activities of the M.V. 'John Ashley' in use by Missions to Seamen on the Thames. Includes references to the following: maintenance, repairs and upgrades to the vessel; installation of a wireless radio system in 1960; statistics for visits made to ships and visitors to the 'John Ashley'; donations and collections taken in 1963 for the replacement of the 'John Ashely II'; application for survey or inspection of the M.V. 'John Ashley' at Tilbury on 28 Jun 1963.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)