Focus on
Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Transport Ministries: Marine Pollution Control Unit (MPCU Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 211
What's it about?
MT 211
Records of action taken to relieve the effects of incidents of pollution from vessels at sea and from off-shore installations.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 211
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Marine Pollution Control Unit (MPCU Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-2012
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of action taken to relieve the effects of incidents of pollution from vessels at sea and from off-shore installations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MPCU
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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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- Board of Trade, Marine Division, 1965-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division, 1970-1974
- Department of Trade, Marine Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Transport, Marine Directorate, 1983-1995
- Marine Safety Agency, 1994-1998
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 1998-1998
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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)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2010 Department for Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division, 1970-1974; Department of Trade, Marine Division, 1974-1983; Department of Transport, Marine Directorate 1983-1994; Marine Safety Agency 1994-1998; Maritime and Coastguard Agency from 1998.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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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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The Marine Pollution Control Unit was established in the Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division in 1973, and was then in the Department of Trade, Marine Division (1974-1983), the Department of Transport, Marine Directorate (1983-1994), the Marine Safety Agency (1994-1998), and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (from 1998).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16621/
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