Specifications and conditions for the building of a steel twin screw steamer for the Irish Channel Passenger and Mail Service as outlined by the London and North Western Railway Co

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Records of William Denny & Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, ScotlandUGD 003 and GB 248 UGD 191/18

JournalsUGD 003/1

LedgersUGD 003/2

Private ledgersUGD 003/3

Contract booksUGD 003/4

Contract envelopesUGD 003/5

Cost booksUGD 003/6

Estimate booksUGD 003/7

Inventory booksUGD 003/8

Financial volumesUGD 003/9

LetterbooksUGD 003/10

Particulars of ships builtUGD 003/11

Wages booksUGD 003/12

Salaries booksUGD 003/13

Leven shipyard awards committee minute booksUGD 003/14

Presscuttings booksUGD 003/15

Jottings books - Wm DennyUGD 003/16

Bank booksUGD 003/17

Wages and material booksUGD 003/18

Certificates of characterUGD 003/19

Machinery information booksUGD 003/20

Ships private cost booksUGD 003/21

Smithy forging booksUGD 003/22

Instalments and extras booksUGD 003/23

Cost booksUGD 003/24

Records of tenderingUGD 003/25

VolumesUGD 003/26

Engineering estimates, trial results and production booksUGD 003/27

FilesUGD 003/28

ScrollsUGD 003/29

Engineers' letterbooks (Ship No.1504)UGD 003/30

Subcontractors' letterbooks (Ship No.1504)UGD 003/31

Minister of Transport Surveyor's letterbook (Ship No.1504)UGD 003/32

Letterbook (Ship No.1504)UGD 003/33

Pamphlets, presscuttings, etc.UGD 003/34

Photographic negativesUGD 003/35

Photographic printsUGD 003/36

Drawings (engines)UGD 003/37

Drawings register - mercantile enginesUGD 003/38

PapersUGD 003/39

Minute of lease between Wm Alexander & Denny Bros . Agreement concerning the lease of a shipbuilding yard at DumbartonUGD 003/39/1

Dissolution of co-partnership of Denny Bros . Reformed under title of William Denny & BrosUGD 003/39/2

Discharge by William Roxburgh to Denny Bros . Concerns payment regarding repairs to steamer Lochfine and proof of salvage concerning tug steamer DefianceUGD 003/39/3

Memorial for William Denny & Bros and Alexander Denny , concerning the conditions of firing gun salutes at appropriate timesUGD 003/39/4

Memorial for William Denny & Bros for the opinion of Counsel. Copy of above document and reply from legal Counsel on issueUGD 003/39/5

Memorial for William Denny & Bros for the opinion of Counsel, concerning dispute between the memorialists and George & James Burns , steamship proprietors, Glasgow , concerning the use of two steamers the Lyra and the Commodore which belong to the memorialistsUGD 003/39/6

Correspondence between Denny Bros , Tulloch & Denny and the Bristol General Steam Navigation Co concerning the building of a steamer to be called CalypsoUGD 003/39/7

Envelope containing correspondence between John Ormiston , Hamburgh Steam Wharf , Newcastle on Tyne , and William Denny & Bros , mostly concerning construction of an iron screw schoonerUGD 003/39/8/1

Correspondence between Archibald Denny , Tulloch & Denny and William Denny & Bros concerning sub- contractionUGD 003/39/8/2

Documents relating to a screw steamer of 730 ton built by Alexander Denny and bought by TS BegbieUGD 003/39/9

Correspondence between James Miller & Sons , William Lindsay , D R MacGregor and Robert Sinclair , Leith , to William Denny & Bros and Peter Denny , concerning the construction of a screw steamerUGD 003/39/10

Letter of T S Begbie [see UGD 003/39/9] and Denny & Bros , includes specifications of ships to be built by Alexander Denny and engines to be supplied by Tulloch & Denny . Ships provisionally named Metidjah and ShiliffUGD 003/39/11

Correspondence between Denny Bros and the European & Australian Royal Mail Co , includes plans concerning the OneidaUGD 003/39/12

Letter from Wm Denny & Bros to David Hutchison Co , Glasgow , offering him the steamer StorkUGD 003/39/13

Miscellaneous correspondence - notably from Barclay, Curle & Co and Wm Denny concerning the construction of a wood screw steamer. Possibly to be called SS Thebes (missing)UGD 003/39/14

Correspondence between Peter Denny and Finlay Campbell & Co . Also contains memorandum of agreement for the purchase of steamer Carthage , purchased by Jardine Mathieson & Co from Finlay Campbell Co and William Denny & BrosUGD 003/39/15

Letter from Wm Denny to Smith, Fleming Co giving specifications of an iron paddle wheel tug steamer for BombayUGD 003/39/16

Correspondence between P MacNaughton & Wm Denny ; correspondence with TS Begbie concerning the purchase of schooner No 24 (possibly named Columbia ); other correspondence dealing with the possibility of building a duplicate of iron schooner [ Falcon ]; and resale of Calypso (see UGD 003/39/9 and 11)UGD 003/39/17

Correspondence concerning the charter and sale of SS Melita . Correspondence between T H Begbie and Peter Denny . Agreement for charter of SS Melita or SS Memphis , TS Begbie and Emile Akan . Also plans of the MelitaUGD 003/39/18

Correspondence between Peter Denny and MacNaughton concerning Archibald Denny 's 'Screw'UGD 003/39/19

Charter agreement between Thomas Stirling Begbie and Gollinger Andreal & Co , concerning SS Memphis , 29 Mar (see SS Memphis in UGD 003/39/18)UGD 003/39/20

Correspondence regarding the charter of SS Damacus between Peter Denny and John Burns , also between Burns and Charles McIver of the British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co . Copy of extracts from logbook of DamacusUGD 003/39/21/1

Letter between TS Begbie and P Denny agreeing to buy half share of DamacusUGD 003/39/21/2

Correspondence between P Denny [and possibly Wm Denny & Bros ] and J & A Allan ( Glasgow ), concerning the purchase of DamacusUGD 003/39/21/3

Correspondence between Wm Denny & Bros and Otago Steamship Co concerning building of two ocean steam ships, including specifications. Known as Contract No.33UGD 003/39/22

Agreement between Coulin and Henderson and Wm Denny & Bros to build 2 paddle wheel steam ships. Also correspondence with Archibald Denny and Robert Napier from Wm Denny & Bros regarding sub-contracting. Known as contract or joint venture 34 and 35 between A Denny and W Denny & BrosUGD 003/39/23

Agreement and correspondence between Wm Denny Bros and the Eastern Steam Tug Association to build a tug. Tug to be named Undaunted . Subcontracting agreement between Wm Denny Bros and Archibald DennyUGD 003/39/24

Letter from P MacNaughton , British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd , to Wm Denny agreeing to buy the steamer OrientalUGD 003/39/25

Letter from P MacNaughton , British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd , to Peter Denny agreeing to buy steamer ScotiaUGD 003/39/26

Letter from P Henderson & Co , Glasgow , to Wm Denny & Bros agreeing to buy a share in two steamers [names illegible but one may be SS Gambia ]UGD 003/39/27

Specifications of two masted schooners, Europe and Africa , built in 1869 and 1870 by R Napier & SonsUGD 003/39/28

Memorandum of agreement between Robinows & Marjoribanks , merchants, Glasgow , acting as agents for Mare Fraissinet , Marseilles , and Peter Denny , concerning the purchase of the Europe and Afrique by DennyUGD 003/39/29

Agreement between Wm Denny & Bros and Austria Lloyds Steam Navigation Co concerning the construction of a pair of marine engines, includes specifications of enginesUGD 003/39/30

Memorandum of Agreement between Peter Denny and W Henley of London concerning purchase of the AfricaUGD 003/39/31

Correspondence between John Preston and Peter Denny concerning the above contractUGD 003/39/32

Agreement between Alexander Charles Kirk and Peter Denny concerning purchase of the SS GambiaUGD 003/39/33

Letter from Wm Denny & Bros to Gray, Davies & Co agreeing to give them the same terms as offered to the British India Steam Navigation Co LtdUGD 003/39/34

Articles of agreement between Wm Denny & Bros and Union Steam Ship Co to build an iron screw ship at Dumbarton . Includes specificationsUGD 003/39/35

Letter from John Galloway , Irrawaddy Flotilla Co , Glasgow , to Wm Denny Bros accepting Denny Bros terms for a duplicate iron twin screw ship to the one which they are still building for the Flotilla CoUGD 003/39/36

Correspondence between Denny Bros and Irrawaddy Flotilla Co concerning the construction of two twin screw steam ships. Construction of hulls subcontracted to Robert Duncan & CoUGD 003/39/37

representative of Wm Denny Bros and China Merchants Steam Navigation Co . Due to a change of administration, China Merchants Steam Navigation Co disclaimed liability concerning the construction of a paddle steamer and two barges by Denny Bros. China Merchants Steam Navigation Co ultimately made good Denny Bros loss of £2000 on the contract but did not pay a further £117 18 8d demanded by Denny Bros in interestUGD 003/39/38

Correspondence from Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd , London , to Wm Denny & Bros concerning the proposed construction of a cargo steamerUGD 003/39/39

Correspondence between Denny & Co, Engine Works , and Eastern Steam Ship Co Ltd concerning refits of engines and boilers to Duke of Westminster and Duke of Devonshire . Correspondence from Denny & Co to Wm Denny & Bro s concerning sub-contracting work on above shipsUGD 003/39/40

Articles of agreement between Wm Denny and Austria Lloyds Steam Navigation Co concerning the construction of a cargo steamer. Includes specifications of proposed steamer. Draft copyUGD 003/39/41

Documents, correspondence and reports concerning a collision between the Yaroslavl and Brandon in James Watt Dock on 9 Jan 1893. Wm Denny and Bros paid £105 compensation to owner of the BrandonUGD 003/39/42

Correspondence between Wm Denny & Bros and Delegacion de la Compania Transatlantica concerning the fitting of a double bottom to the Buenos AiresUGD 003/39/43

Documents concerning the refit of steamers Taroba and Tara owned by Compania Transatlantica . The steamers were originally built by Wm Denny & Bros for British India Associated Steamers Ltd . They were sold to Compania Transatlantica before they had been fully paid forUGD 003/39/44

Correspondence between Compania Transatlantica and Wm Denny & Bros concerning the Tara and Taroba . Some correspondence in SpanishUGD 003/39/45

Accounts to Wm Denny & Bros concerning the insurance and piloting of the SS AssyriaUGD 003/39/46

Statement of particular average for SS Duke of York c.1894 whilst fitting. Relates to expenses incurred as a result of a collision between the SS Duke of York and SS TaraUGD 003/39/47

Articles of agreement between Wm Denny & Bros and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co . Gives details of the design and specifications of the proposed vesselsUGD 003/39/48

Articles of agreement between Wm Denny & Bros and London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co for a steamship. Gives details of the design and specifications of the proposed vessel, 20 NovUGD 003/39/49

Statement of particular average for Vladimir on trial trip in the Clyde . Boiler collapsed during trialUGD 003/39/50

Correspondence concerning the construction of Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand steamship Hawea built by Wm Denny & Bros and the subcontracting of the construction of the hull and engines. Hull was built by Archibald MacMillan & Son , and the engines by Denny & Co Engine Works , Dumbarton .UGD 003/39/51

Specification of a steel twin screw steamship to be built for the Irish Channel Passenger and Mail ServiceUGD 003/39/52

Specifications and conditions for the building of a steel twin screw steamer for the Irish Channel Passenger and Mail Service as outlined by the London and North Western Railway CoUGD 003/39/53

Correspondence, mainly estimates concerning construction of a steamship for New Zealand Shipping Co to be named the MatauraUGD 003/39/54

Correspondence between Wm Denny & Bros and Yunan Company , China , concerning the construction of a steel paddle steamer. Also correspondence between Wm Denny & Bros and Denny & Co Engine Works and Blackwood & Gordon , Port Glasgow , regarding subcontracting. Contains booklet giving specifications of the paddle steamerUGD 003/39/55

Correspondence and agreement between South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co and Wm Denny & Bros concerning the renewal of boilers and a general overhaul of the SS Achille AdamUGD 003/39/56

Correspondence between H M Brown , Channel Excursions Ltd , John Denny , Wm Denny & Bros concerning the cost of buying and refitting the Woolwich BelleUGD 003/39/57

Documents concerning the reconditioning of the SS Biarritz and the Maid of Orleans . Includes draft contract between Southern Railway Co and Wm Denny BrosUGD 003/39/58

Documents concerning the reconditioning of the TSS Atlanta . The work was commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway CoUGD 003/39/59

Correspondence from Peter Denny to 'John' ( John M Denny ?) (photocopies)UGD 003/39/60

Memoranda by Peter Denny as to his firms and their antecedents (gives much family history with dates) (photocopy)UGD 003/39/61

Descent of the family of Denny of Townend from 1375 to the present day (family tree - rolled plan)UGD 003/39/62

Property deedsUGD 003/40

William Denny & CoUGD 191/18