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Series
Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids...
Catalogue reference: BT 243
What's it about?
BT 243
This series contains registered files of the Marine Navigational Aids Division of the Ministry of Transport and of the Marine Divisions of the Board of Trade, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Trade, and the Department of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 243
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids (MNA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1822-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Marine Navigational Aids Division of the Ministry of Transport and of the Marine Divisions of the Board of Trade, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Trade, and the Department of Transport.
The files cover various aspects of navigational aids resulting from statutory provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, including radio aids to marine navigation, air/sea rescue arrangements, pilotage and lighthouse services, wrecks and salvage, and prevention of pollution of the sea by oil. Some files relate to the control of works in tidal waters, including dumping and dredging, the Imperial Lighthouse Service and Irish lighthouses. It was also the liaison with other member nations of the North Atlantic Ice Patrol and was also made responsible for the provisions of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 as far as the safety of navigation was concerned. A number of files concern specific locations.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The records of the Survey of Rights to Wreckage under the Merchant Shipping Act 1854 contain claims to the rights of wreckage under the Merchant Shipping Act 1854 and may be found in BT 212
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some maps and plans bearing MNA references are in BT 356.
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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)
- MNA file series
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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, 1786-1970
- Board of Trade, Harbour Department, 1904-1918
- Board of Trade, Marine Department, 1850-1921
- Board of Trade, Marine Division, 1965-1970
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Division, 1970-1974
- Department of Trade, Marine Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Transport, Marine Directorate, 1983-1995
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 1998-1998
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Marine Department, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Department, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Marine Group, 1959-1965
- Ministry of War Transport, 1941-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1143 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 1992 Department of 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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The Marine Navigational Aids Division of the Ministry of Transport and the Marine Divisions of the Board of Trade and its successors were jointly responsible, with the Establishment Division of the Ministry of Transport, for the administration of HM Coastguard, whilst radio surveys under the Merchant Shipping Acts and Rules made thereunder are carried out by Wireless Telegraphy Inspectors of the General Post Office.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3280/
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Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids (MNA Series)
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