Letters from the East
File 1, Box 1 of 2 Correspondence from John Swire & Sons to Butterfield & Swire (India) and Yuill & Co Sydney up to October 1945 and then to Butterfield & Swire Shanghai and Hong Kong including Supt Engineer reports re repairs, fittings, spare parts, prices, certificates, and alterat...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 405 (Box 1 of 2) |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
5 Jan 1945-27 Dec 1946 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 405 (Box 1 of 2) |
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| Summary: |
File 1, Box 1 of 2
Correspondence from John Swire & Sons to Butterfield & Swire (India) and Yuill & Co Sydney up to October 1945 and then to Butterfield & Swire Shanghai and Hong Kong including Supt Engineer reports re repairs, fittings, spare parts, prices, certificates, and alterations to de-requisitioned shipping, for example addition of Smoke Eliminators, repainting in peace time colours, installation of iceboxes on SS WANLIU 1:1:29; 1:1:140 Emigrant ship hospital accomodation;
Indexed
Ships discussed include, but may not be limited to: ANSHUN, ANHUI, POYANG, CHUNGKING, POYANG, YOCHOW, WHANGPU, HUNAN, HUPEH, HANYANG, TAINAN, NANCHANG, SHENGKING, SHANTUNG, KWEIYANG, NINGHAI, TSINAN, PAKHOI, NEWCHWANG, SUIYANG, WUCHANG, WUSUEH, KIUNGCHOW, TATUNG, FENGTIEN; SZECHUEN; SINKIANG; WANLIU; KANGTING; SHASI |
| Previous numbers: |
JSSIII 2/21 |
| Extent: |
185 |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| User restrictions: | Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| Language: | English |
| Finding aids: |
Paper handlist available |
| Format: | Archive |