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Admiralty and successors: Shipbuilding and Repair: Registered Files (SBR Series)
Description and record details
| Reference | BT 291 |
|---|---|
| Title | Admiralty and successors: Shipbuilding and Repair: Registered Files (SBR Series) |
| Date | 1940-1971 |
| Description | Files of the Ministry of Transport, the Board of Trade (between 1965 and 1966 only) and the Ministry of Technology dealing with all aspects of shipbuilding and repair. The series contains the papers of various committees and working parties involved in such matters as the development of nuclear propulsion. Files relating to the Committee of Inquiry into the Shipbuilding Industry (Geddes Committee) and to action resulting from its report are also included. Some files contain earlier papers inherited from the Admiralty, which was responsible for merchant shipbuilding and allied industries until 1959. The SBR series originated in the Ministry of Transport and passed to the Board of Trade in February 1965. |
| Related material |
For other papers relating to the Geddes Committee see: BT 186 FV 36 FV 37 HF 5 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | SBR file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Board of Admiralty, Directorate of Naval Construction, 1913-1958 Board of Trade, Marine Division, 1965-1970 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Marine Department, 1953-1959 Ministry of Transport, Marine Department, 1946-1953 Ministry of Transport, Marine Group, 1959-1965 |
| Physical description | 199 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
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