File. 'Future of the John Ashley'

Reference No:
U DMS/7/6
Dates:
Sep 1964-15 Jun 1973
Description:
File containing reports, correspondence, accounts, press cutting, shipping register entry, record of inspection, insurance policies, and correspondence between various Missions to Seamen officers including the Personnel Secretary and the General Secretary. Includes references to the following: report of a conversation between Basil Pegman and Vincent C. Castle regarding the future of the 'John Ashley'; sale of the 'John Ashley' by Missions to Seamen in 1971; reports on a refit of the vessel and of chaplains work onboard the vessel in 1968; repair survey made in 1966; 'John Ashley' registered under the number 300807 5 Jul 1965; survey of ships on the River Thames; the hulk 'Hygeia'; replacement of the M.V. 'John Ashley II' with a new diesel yacht, formerly named the 'Brave Defiant' and subsequently named the 'John Ashley III'; use of the hulk 'Hygeia as a club house operated by the Missions to Seamen; Alan Tugwood as chair of the John Ashley Committee in 1970; sale price of 'John Ashley II' and asking price for 'Brave Defiant'; Reverend Basil Pegman as chaplain/skipper of the 'John Ashley II'; 'John Ashley III' registered under number No.28156 on 3 Jul 1970; need to replace Pegman as skipper upon his retirement; costs for hiring the 'John Ashley III'.
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)