IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 SPN/11-
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Shipton, Lieutenant-Commander Francis Henry Eldred (fl 1877-1881)
Date(s): 1877-1881
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Shipton | Francis Henry Eldred | fl 1877-1881 | Lieutenant-Commander
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Francis Shipton was promoted to lieutenant in 1884. He held the rank of lieutenant-commander during World War One, having previously retired from the Navy.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Francis Henry Eldred Shipton comprising just one logbook kept in HMS DEFENCE 1877 to 1879, NORTHUMBERLAND 1879 to 1880 and CARYSFORT 1880 to 1881.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection is on loan from Mrs Maitland since 1948.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26