IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-041
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BRITISH TANKER COMPANY
Date(s): 1950-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Sutherland | A G R | fl 1950 | merchant sailor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The British Tanker Company were based at Gresham House, Old Broad Street 1916-8, 23 Great Winchester Street 1919-21, 181-193 London Wall 1922-4 and Britannic House Finsbury Circus 1925-56. The company was the marine transport arm of the Anglo Persian Oil Company, later known as British Petroleum (BP). The British Renown was part of their tanker fleet, built in 1928 by Sir James Laing and Sons Limited.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Journal of A G R Sutherland, apprentice on the Merchant Vessel "British Renown".
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This volume was donated to Guildhall Library in 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.