Dyde, Brian S.

Papers relating to the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty and to hydrographic survey work of the Royal Navy.

**'History of the Hydrographic Department' containing:

Circular from Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, to 12 C.O.'s of ships, enclosing copy of speech by the Hydrographer; dated 6 October 1972.

Typed copy of speech [by Reer Admiral G.S. Ritchie] at the opening of the Challenger Centenary, Edinburgh 1972.

Map labelled 'Limin Moudhrou, from Admiralty Surveys 1835 to 1916, with additions and corrections to 1958.'

Bibliography of books and articles concerned with the history of the Hydrographic Department.

'A brief account of the activities of the Admiralty Hydrographic Department and the Royal Naval Surveying Service...1939-1945...' (photocopy of typescript. Original held by Hydrographic Office at Taunton). 77 pages plus two appendices and diagram. [author possibly Cr. J. Bright.].

'The Royal Naval Surveying Service, 1920-1960' by Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald Day, 1972. Photocopy of [publication] 'subsequently withdrawn from circulation' - Dyde letter 22/10/1991. 104 pp plus foreword and two indices.

'The bogus surveyor....' by 'Whitewash'. Photocopy of typescript, about 20 pages (some cut into short sections). Annotated: 'To Sub Lt [Ian] [Chris] How RMNVR from Captain C.C. Lowry R.N. with best regards.'

**8 Surveyor's workbooks, six with dark blue covers, unlabelled, two buff with red binding, with 'Workbook for Navigating Officers of H.M. Ships' printed on the cover and labelled 'B.S. Dyde'. These are labelled on the flyleaves as follows:

1: B.S. Dyde/H.M.S Vidal 17.4.59 to 20.8.60/ school of Military Survey 20.9.60 to 10.2.61. 2: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Cook / 20.3.61 to 29.6.62. This workbook contains astronomical observations for the position of a geodetic station on the Island of Arorae in the then Gilbert Islands, made in June 1962, using theodolite, tables and hand-operated calculator.

3: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Cook / 26.6.62 to 20.8.62 / H.M.S Scott / 1.10.62 to 29.3.64. -- 4:: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S. Dampier /May, 1964 - February 1965.

5: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Dampier / March 1965 - December 1965 / H.M.S Hydra / May 1966- December 1966.

6: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Hydra / Feb. 1967 -July 1967. This book contains loose, one sheet of paper and one of card with rough calculations, and a supply voucher for charts, 22/5/67.

7: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Enterprise / Aug 1967 -Feb 1969 / Hydrographic Dept. (Taunton) / Fev 1969 - May 1971 / H.M.S Hydra /June-December 1971 / H.M.S Woodlark / Jan 1972 - Feb 1973 / H.M.S Fawn / Feb 1973.

8: B.S. Dyde / H.M.S Fawn.