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Coll 30/16 'Persian Gulf: Surveys: Survey by HMS Ormonde, etc' [93r] (185/459)
The record is made up of 1 file (227 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1929-4 Feb 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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Hstving coimoieted. your rodils and "th.© drawing of i-li© rain
Charts of last season 1 s work and being in all respects
ready for sea, you are to leave Plymouth aoout the 17th ITovei.ioer
to carry out Echo Sounding Trials afterwards proceeding to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, calling at Gibraltar, Port Said and Aden for coal.
Philst on passage to Gibraltar opportunity is to be taken to
examine as many of the shoals shown on the attached list as
possible„
The Commanding Officer of II.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, sailing from Sheerness
to Gibraltar about November 17th has been supplied with similar
instructions, and has also been inscructed to acouaint you of
his proposed action regarding them.
Whilst on passage through the Mediterranean you are to carry out
the following examinations:-
(a) An examination for abnormal variation of the
Magnetic Compass off Gape de Gata, and in the
Galita Channel, a copy of the original report
of which is attached.
(b) An examination of an area of discoloured water
reported by Imperial Airways Limited, in a position
Latitude 3S°14 T North, Longitude 2S 0 52’ East.
’Whilst on passage from Suez to Aden you are to examine a sounding
of 40 fathoms reported by Cable S.S 0 CAMBRIA in 1917 in a position
Latitude 12©26^38” North, Longitude 43°30 T 00” East.
Upon arrival in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
you are to resume the Survey
of the track shown on the tinted copy of Chart. No.2837a with
which your predecessor was supplied, continuing the survey on a
scale of 1/75,000 Westward from the point where it was brok^i off
in 1930, i.e., approximately the meridian of SC 0, East.
Approval
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a number of naval surveys of the coastline and islands of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that were completed by Royal Navy vessels including HMS Challenger and HMS Ormonde .
In addition to the logistical and technical aspects of these surveys, the political context and reception of them locally is also frequently discussed. On folio 228, the file contains a large Admiralty map of the Eastern Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials at the Admiralty, Foreign Office, 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the British Legation in Tehran, but the file contains a small selection of correspondence with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some of which is in French.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (227 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3726
- Title
- Coll 30/16 'Persian Gulf: Surveys: Survey by HMS Ormonde, etc'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:43v, 45r:185v, 190r:227v, 229r:229v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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