Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
Series
Ministry of Transport and Successors: War Risks Insurance Records
Catalogue reference: MT 216
What's it about?
MT 216
This series contains War Risks Insurance records. This comprises of files recording claims for the values of ship cargoes lost by sinking during the Second World War.
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 216
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and Successors: War Risks Insurance Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains War Risks Insurance records. This comprises of files recording claims for the values of ship cargoes lost by sinking during the Second World War.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records on War Risk Insurance policy for World War Two see MT 40
For War Risk Insurance Records for World War One see BT 365
For records on War Risk Insurance policy for World War Two see MT 9
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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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- Board of Trade, Shipping Divisions, 1965-1970
- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department of Trade, 1974-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, 1983-2007
- Department of Trade and Industry, Shipping Divisions, 1970-1974
- Department of Transport, 1995-2002
- Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Sea Transport Division, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Sea Transport Division, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Sea Transport Division, 1959-1965
- Ministry of War Transport, Shipping Division, 1941-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1562 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 2024 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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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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War Risks Insurance was paid during WW2 under the provisions of the War Risks Insurance Act 1939 and was activated by an official statement in Parliament as part of the process subsequent on the declaration of war as laid down in the Government War Book. After the war the Shipping Policy Divisions of the Ministry, later Department of Transport took over responsibility for policy relating to War Risks Insurance under the provisions of the Marine and Aviation Insurance (War Risks) Act 1952.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17863959/
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