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Shipton, Lieutenant-Commander Francis Henry Eldred (fl 1877-1881)


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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Naval affairs | Military affairs | Military science | Social sciences
Ships logs | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Shipton | Francis Henry Eldred | fl 1877-1881 | Lieutenant-Commander

Corporate names
HMS Carysfort
HMS Defence
HMS Northumberland
Royal Navy

Places