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Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.' [565r] (1129/1203)
The record is made up of 1 file (600 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1935-10 Aug 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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10. The entertainments at Calcutta during Christmas
week were numerous and varied, and invitations to the
majority of these were issued to the officers of both ships.
The entertainments included Tennis and Polo tournaments,
the races, including the Viceroy f s Cup; there were also
many dances, one "being given hy the Jodhpur Club in honour
of the visit of EMERALD and COLOMBO.
11. Balls were also given at the Viceroy f s House, and
Oovernment House, which many officers attended.
Captain Simeon and I dined at Government House, and the
Viceroy’s House, respectively, prior to these halls.
12. Visits were received from the Maharajahs of Bhutan
and Benares, who were shown round the ship; the former visit
was official, and a salute of 15 guns was fired hy COLOMBO.
13. A comhined dance was given hy EMERALD and COLOMBO
on hoard EMERALD on 29th December, at which there were some
400 guests. Their Excellencies the Viceroy and the Governor
of Bengal were unahle to he present owing to fomer engagements,
However, on Wednesday, 2nd January, I gave an official
dinner, which was attended hy Their Excellencies the Viceroy
and the Countess of Willingdon, His Excellency the Governor
of Bengal, the General Officer Commanding,
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
and
Assam District, the Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan
of India, the Chief Justice Sir Harold Derbyshire, Sir Archy
and Lady Birkmyre, and Captain Simeon.
* *
15. The Chaplain of the Marine Club, Rev. Mr. Jenkins,
went to considerable trouble throughout the stay to make
the ships’ companies’ visit enjoyable.
Besides providing 30 free beds every night, he arranged
sightseeing tours of Calcutta, teas, dinners ana football
matches; at least 300 ratings were thus entertained.
The Marine Club Buildings are excellent, containing a
fine swimming pool, good dance hall - of which all the patrons
are white - tennis counts, football fields, billiard tables,
etc. All this entertainment was free, and much appreciated
by the ships’ companies of both ships.
NANCOWRIE .
20. Arriving at 1650 on 12th January, the ship anchored
in Octavia Bay.
The official at Nancowrie is an Indian Babu. named
Romanand, aged 29, who is responsible to the "Assistant
Commissioner of the Nicobar Islands, who lives at Car Nicobar.
Romanand also attends the medical wants of the community,
being a licensed practitioner. With his wife, he attended
the cinema performance on board EMERALD on the evening of
Sunday, 13th January.
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The file consists of extracts of reports on naval affairs and general intelligence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. sent from the Admiralty to the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . The extracts were sent approximately every month and cover the whole of the period 1935-39. The extracts are drawn from reports of proceedings of the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and ships of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division (particularly HMS Shoreham , HMS Bideford , HMS Deptford , and HMS Fowey ), and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Intelligence Report. The latter includes reports from British naval officers, British officials in the Gulf, and Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries.
The reports cover such subjects as: details of the movements of British naval vessels; affairs of local rulers; the movements of ships of the Imperial Iranian Navy (particularly the sloops HIMS Babr and HIMS Palang ); slavery; the evacuation of the British naval stations at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Basidu [Bāsaʻīdū]; artesian wells; affairs of local populations; social activities aboard British ships; the French naval presence in the region; appointments of British naval officers; European and Japanese shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; trade; the Iranian armed forces; measures to control smuggling; British searches of dhows; British travellers in the region; official events and commemorations; the pearl industry; Saudi Arabian affairs; air travel; Iraq; the war between Italy and Abyssinia; communications; the oil industry; movements of oil tankers; outbreaks of smallpox; Palestine; the Arab press; and official visits.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 601; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 30/114 'Proceedings of H.M. Ships.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:462v, 463v:601v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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