Captain Henry Noble Clarke

Reference code: BIO.CLAR
Level of description: Fonds
Title: Captain Henry Noble Clarke
Scope and content: Captain H. N. Clarke was a steamship master from 1936 who worked on many Head Line ships throughout his career. This archive contains possessions and documents relating to his work and the Head Line Company.
Detailed contents: two continuous certificates of discharge issued by the Board of Trade on ships including the Bengore Head, Melmore Head, Kenbane Head, Carrigan Head, etc. (1921-37), (1937-44); a certificate of competency for Master of Steamships (1948); medal bands; ‘round the North Atlantic’ text (1958); photographs of sailors (undated); The Navigators and Engineer Officers’ Union Membership Book (1945); ‘The Merchant Marine Service Association Rules and Regulations and list of Legal Representatives for the Imperial Merchant Service Guild; blank postcards of Head Line vessels; a two-year company service contract between G. Heyn and Sons Ltd. and Clarke (1963); a portrait of Jeremy [?]; various letters to Clarke from G. Heyn and Sons Ltd. testifying to his apprenticeship on vessels and subsequent occupation as third officer on others; personal typescripts and handwritten notes on ‘The Red Hand of Ulster’ and Christian themes; premiums received of £50 for Clarke from G. Heyn and Sons Ltd. for work and apprenticeships (1907/21); a cash book; letters from the British India Steam Navigation Company indicating Clarke’s commanding of the Empire Boswell in 1947 by the Marine Superintendent; various rent payslips of £17 in the 1950s.