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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks, 1862-1881


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 80

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks, 1862-1881

Date(s): 1862-1881

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: Single volume

Name of creator(s): Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Wreck is flotsam, jetsam, derelict and lagan found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water. It includes any vessel, cargo or equipment. It may be of antique or archaeological value such as gold coins, or a yacht or dinghy abandoned at sea, or items such as drums of chemicals, or crates of foodstuffs. It is a legal requirement that all recovered wreck is reported to the Receiver of Wrecks. The Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks was based at Galle until 1882, when the office was moved to Colombo.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript summary of Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks reports, 1862-1881, giving detailed accounts of the loss of 56 vessels off the coast of Ceylon.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the ICS Library Staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original documents should be made to the Information Resources Manager.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Volume has an index of vessels

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to ICS by Mr C A W Tyler, Apr 1967

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Merchant shipping | Maritime transport | Transport
Seaborne disasters | Accidents | Disasters
Transport safety | Safety
Sea transport x Maritime transport
Manmade disasters
Shipping
Water transport

Personal names

Corporate names
Ceylon Receiver of Wrecks

Places
Galle | Sri Lanka | South Asia
Ceylon x Sri Lanka