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S.S. "Herakles": Claim for damages by agents, Messrs. Owen and Watkin Williams and...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1057/1351
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This record is about the S.S. "Herakles": Claim for damages by agents, Messrs. Owen and Watkin Williams and... dating from 1915-1916 in the series Miscellaneous Papers and Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1057/1351
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1916
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Description (What the record is about)
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S.S. "Herakles": Claim for damages by agents, Messrs. Owen and Watkin Williams and Company, as result of grounding in Queen Alexandra Dock
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- RAIL 1057/1350-1353 are out of sequence because they were identified after earlier parts of this series had been arranged; see also RAIL 1057/1309-1310
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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)
- MPR 241/4
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Railways
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2956289/
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Series information
RAIL 1057
Miscellaneous Papers and Records
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