Description of series:
Part of the main Navy Office general correspondence series. The sub-series covered by this accession relates to ships and shipping.  

History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer:
This series, dating from the establishment of Navy as a separate department in 1939, is a continuation of the Defence (Navy) series, 1923-1938, which is represented in MP124, Series 6, and which relates to the period during which Navy was part of Defence.
 

Administrative information
 
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number:              CA 17
Creating department:      Navy Office, Central Registry
Transferring department:  Navy, Navy Office, Central Registry
Date of transfer:         21/06/1955
Archives file number:     RWM31/2/9
 
These are part of the series CRS B4883, Correspondence files, multiple number series ('201' series), but have not been physically converted to CRS B4883.  See the Full Note for that series for a description of the records.  The records in this series should be called for by the MP138/1 number.