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Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids...

Catalogue reference: BT 243

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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...

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Reference
BT 243
Title
Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids (MNA Series)
Date
1822-2007
Description

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.

Related material

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

Separated material

Some maps and plans bearing MNA references are in BT 356.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
MNA file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • 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
Physical description
1143 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1992 Department of Transport

Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Transport management
Radio and television
Oil and gas
Ireland
Accruals
Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background

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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3280/

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