National Maritime Museum

Shipton, Lieutenant James Maurice (fl 1803-1815)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 SPN/1-10

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Shipton, Lieutenant James Maurice (fl 1803-1815)

Date(s): 1803-1809

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent:

Name of creator(s): Shipton | James Maurice | fl 1803-1815 | Lieutenant

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Shipton entered the Navy in 1803. He served in HMS THUNDERER 1803 to1805, HIBERNIA 1805 to 1806, PRINCE OF WALES and PENELOPE 1806 to 1809, as midshipman and mate. He reached the rank and lieutenant in 1810, invalided early in 1812, and was on half pay from 1815.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of James Maurice Shipton comprising a series of logbooks kept by him as midshipman and mate between 1803 and 1809.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection is on loan from Mrs Maitland since 1948.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) | Wars (events)
Naval affairs | Military affairs | Military science | Social sciences
Naval education

Personal names
Shipton | James Maurice | fl 1803-1815 | Lieutenant

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places