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Correspondence re Vallum Shipping Co. Ltd - building programme, 1956-1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I21/4/1/474

Scope and Contents

Copies of five pieces of correspondence between Common Brothers Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Matheson & Co. Ltd (Secretaries of the Vallum Shipping Co. Ltd), London, and Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Greenock, 24 September-1 December 1956, with an enclosed table of the instalments of the ship building programme, 30 November 1956. There is also a copy of table detailing the ships of the Hindustan Steamship Co. Ltd, Lowland Tanker Co. Ltd and Vallum Steamship Co. Ltd built between 1957 and 1961. The ring-binder is labelled 'The Vallum Shipping Company Limited Building Programme'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.

Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.

Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Extent

1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 6 March 2018.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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