HMS Hermes
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Coal barges of Messrs Karaka ready to proceed to H.M.S. Terrible
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 23/1
Scope and Contents
Shows H.M.S. Terrible, Hermes and Renown.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
HMS Hermes, 1952 - 1953
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/91
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on the launching of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes by Clementine at Barrow-in-Furness [Cumbria], with correspondents including: Sir Ronald Weeks, Chairman of Vickers-Armstrongs Limited; Sir John Lang, Secretary to the Admiralty (2); James Thomas, First Lord of the Admiralty [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] (4); Charles Dunphie, Vickers-Armstrongs Limited (3); Grace Hamblin, Private Secretary to Clementine. Also includes notes on Hermes and her sister ship, HMS...
Dates:
1952 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.