File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
- Date:
- 1921/1929
- Description:
- Abstract: This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.Notable topics of discussion include the following:Changes to RIMS Nearchusand its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment')Proposed new arrangements for financing lighting and buoying in the GulfProposed alterations to RIMS Lawrence, to enable it to carry out lighting and buoying work in place of Nearchusand in addition to its present dutiesThe sale of Nearchusto the Basra Port DirectorateThe estimated cost of alterations to and the upkeep of Lawrencefor the performance of its duties as both the despatch vessel for the Political Resident and the lighthouse tender in the Gulf, and how this cost should be shared between British Indian and Imperial revenuesThe cost of a replacement vessel while Lawrenceundergoes its annual refitPlans for all expenditure relating to lighting and buoying in the Gulf to be recovered by dues on shipping using the lights from 1 November 1925 onwardsThe proposed replacement of Lawrenceby Nearchusas lighthouse tender in the Gulf.The principal correspondents are as follows: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Government of India's Marine Department, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, and the Indo-European Telegraph Department (Persian Gulf Section).Also included are statements of expenditure for Nearchusand a précis of correspondence concerning Lawrence.Physical description: 1 item (282 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ships
HMIS Lawrence, sloop
SS Nearchus, ship - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100079830346.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100079830346.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/10/661/5
IOR/L/PS/10/661/5