Series
British Railways Board: British Rail Hovercraft Limited: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 179
What's it about?
AN 179
Administrative records of the development of hovercraft operations
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 179
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board: British Rail Hovercraft Limited: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1963-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Administrative records of the development of hovercraft operations
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Chronological within four sections
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- British Rail Hovercraft Ltd, 1966-1981
- Hoverspeed UK Ltd, 1981-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 185 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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2001-2003 British Railways Board
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Always in the custody of BRB
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Non-policy administrative material has been destroyed. Formulation of policy and management of public resources.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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British Rail Hovercraft Ltd was set up in March 1966 to run hovercraft services to the continent and Isle of Wight. It operated under the brand names 'British Rail Hovercraft Ltd' and 'Seaspeed', before merging in October 1981 with Hoverlloyd to become Hoverspeed UK Ltd. The British Rail Board disposed of its interest in Hoverspeed UK Ltd in February 1984.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15612/
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British Railways Board: British Rail Hovercraft Limited: Records