Research Questions
A whole range of maritime queries are received by the NMMC at the Bartlett Library, which our researchers are only too happy to try and answer. Some are received by phone, some by letter, a number arise from personal visitors, but mostly by e-mail. In this new on-line feature we will profile a question and answer each month.
If you have a research question you would like us to help you answer - submit your question here
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AP noticed on our website a publication entitled Asiatic Steam Navigation Company Ltd, 1878-1963 and asked if it was for sale.
JH contacted us for information about the Henry Harvey, stranded on Battery Rocks, Penzance in 1898.
H.S. of Plymouth wrote saying that they were “... conducting some research into the Plymouth Hooker for a project to build a new one/replica…”
AC enquired whether we had a photograph of Captain Richard Sherris, who was Harbour Master at Falmouth in 1870.
BA from Queensland, Australia asks: “I am researching my great grandfather EHB…”
‘I am doing some research on my g g g grandfather Joseph Stevens. He was born in Wiltshire around 1772 & married Hannah Davis in 1795…
DH e-mailed us explaining he was “... trying to do some research into a family called Chard from Falmouth…”
JK contacted us from the Åland Islands, hoping we could help with a project he’s involved in…
Last year we bought the Miranda II (previously the Flushing Ferry). We were told that she was built at Porthleven in 1951…
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