Abstract: The file contains papers regarding a request by the Government of Persia for tenders from shipbuilding firms for three new cargo steamers. The primary correspondents are: Persian Chargé d'Affaires, London; Department of Overseas Trade; Commercial Secretary, British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 17, and terminates at f 40, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume contains a list of names of ships arranged in alphabetical order, issued by the Master Attendant's Office. Beside the names of ships, the following details have been provided for nearly every ship: decks; thickness of bottom; extreme length; length of keel for tonnage; extreme breadth; depth of hold; heights of wing transom and of port cell; depth of waist; height between decks (lower and middle, middle and upper, lower and upper); roundhouse; number of ports of each side (middle deck and upper deck); range of deck; gunrooms ports (up and down, athwart ships); launching draft of water (forward, aft); tonnage on board at launching (kintledge [kentledge], wood); tonnage by measurement; builders' names; where built; on what bottom; when launched; and when measured. Measurements are in feet and inches, tonnage in tons, and kentledge in fathoms.The volume was probably created at one time in the 1830s or later. The date range provided covers the launch dates of the ships listed.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 41; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.