Grant, Captain F W G (1905-1994)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0064 GNT |
Held at | : National Maritime Museum Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Grant, Captain F W G (1905-1994) |
Date(s) | : 20th century |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 8 boxes, including 4 oversized items |
Name of creator(s) | : Grant | Frederick W G | 1905-1994 | Captain |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
F W G Grant, Shoreham Pilot and Captain, born 8th March 1905, at Southwick, Sussex, son of Frederick Grant (born 1866, discharged Ebenezer in 1890) and Ellen Grant (formerly Sayers). His Father was a Trinity House Pilot licensed for the London Outports District of Shoreham-by- Sea, Sussex. Captain FWG Grant was appointed a Trinity House Pilot. A former master of the Tug "Harold Brown" owned by the Shoreham Harbour Trustees in 1971. Mr Grant had a varied life as a deck boy before qualifying as a master.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Frederick W G Grant including his account of life as a Shoreham pilot.
Access & 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:
Acquired from F W G Grant (bequest) via his son Peter John Grant.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 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
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