Neill Pierce was an amateur ship modeller, particularly interested in the circular coast monitors of the Imperial Russian Navy, from Newtownabbey, County Antrim. This archive contains much documentation on vessels, many of which were warships, and newspaper implements from the start of the First World War. Contents: a Harland and Wolff Ltd. technical description of the vessel S.S. Lampas with notes, a booklet of information (1976), photocopies of the ship drawings, sketches of parts, a large ship plan, John P. Holland informational booklets; handwritten correspondence from Colin Gross to Neil concerning museum material (1982); a typescript photocopied booklet on the Popovkas, a ship from 1873; two photographs of the ship model; correspondence from R.G. Todd of the National Maritime Museum, London, to Mr. Pierce concerning photographs (1982); quotes for photograph sizes and costs; a letter from Pierce to Leningrad, USSR concerning the vessels (1982); a letter to the London Maritime museum department of ships (1982); photocopies of ship drawings and dimensions of the Novgorod; a booklet about “The Popoff” (Aug. 1971); a sealed model shipwright journal; a labelled H.M.S. Victory envelope; H.M.S Victory Guidebook and Short History (1977); a dozen labelled drawings of the vessel (L. Glover 1970); a newspaper clipping on the New York Navy Yard; magazine clippings of various ships: ‘the fearless,’ ‘Duke of Edinburgh,’ ‘the Southampton,’ ‘Karlsruhe,’ ‘H.M.S Birmingham,’ ‘The Blonde,’ ‘the Diadem,’ ‘the Devonshire,’ ‘the Warrior,’ ‘the Cressy,’ ‘The Minotaur,’ ‘The Dartmouth,’ ‘the Monmouth,’ ‘the Breslau’; clippings of German ships captured by the Navy: the Comet, Elfrieda, Kronprinzessin, Cecilie, Hans Otto, Pereko, Pranz Adalbert; a poster of Portofino Harbour, a submarine in a British dock, and the Armada; The Illustrated London News page containing information on warships and ‘the Majesty of Night,’ (1914); a pictorial education page entitled Hong Kong (1949); a page with pictures of Chinese shipping of Hong Kong (1949); The Illustrated London News pages containing a sketch of parliament declaring support of France, a submarine sketch by a naval officer, Buchan’s Scotch Whiskey advertisement, a naval drawing (all 1914); an undated newspaper clipping of ‘The Pamir’ entering Auckland; Life Magazine cover showing FDR watching his fleet off the Americas (1939); Modern Wonder Illustration of Britain’s new Aircraft carrier (1939); two newspaper supplements: “Shipping Wonders of the World Today; The Illustrated London News page on “Hastening to a Fall: Turkey, The Germanised Belligerent,” (1914); supplement to The Illustrated London News page displaying photographs of various vessels: The Témpraire, The Dreadnought, The Queen Mary, The Lion; more illustrations of ‘British successes at sea’; (1914); page entitled “the Dreadnought Hot with Life,” showing gunboats (1914); “The Armed and Armoured Aeroplane,” “Dogs that have performed feats of valour” (1914); “The luxury of Britain’s largest Sea Palace,” (1914); “a destroyer in action,” “German Guns in Belfort” (1914); illustration of a torpedoing and sinking of H.M.S. Hermes (1914); ‘The Sea Cadet’ covers (May 1947-48); a newspaper clippings scrapbook containing pictures of various vessels including: the Statendam, the Madison, the Vaterland, M.V. Koolama, S.S. Athenic, Tamele, M.V. Rowallan Castle, M.V. Empire Grace, H.M.S. Vanguard, H.M.S. Nigeria, birthing plans; Royal Navy Ships and Missiles Informational booklet from 1971 and 1986; The Royal Navy a Young Person’s Guide (1972); two maps of Northern Ireland, one of Belfast; The Navy Pictorial, full issue; The News-Portsmouth, full issue (Jun 1977); The Warrior, full issue; two ‘History of Ships’ wallcharts.
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