NRS-9851 | Papers relating to inquiries conducted by the Marine Board of New South Wales and the Court of Marine Inquiry

These files contain papers relating to inquiries, mainly conducted by the Marine Board of New South Wales and the Court of Marine Inquiry. These papers include incidents on ships in New South Wales waters or into overseas incidents involving ships registered in New South Wales. The incidents include wrecks, collisions, disappearances, sinkings, groundings, boiler explosions, incompetence or misconduct of masters and crew, and various breaches of regulations under the Navigation Acts.The files, arranged alphabetically by name of ship, were created by the Library of the Maritime Services Board to provide a ready reference tool to information on individual ships.The papers are mainly official records of the Marine Board of New South Wales and the Court of Marine Inquiry. These include telegrams from pilots, police, etc. reporting accidents; copies of summonses and subpoenas; statements by masters and crew; transcripts of notes of evidence; printed decisions; crew lists; letters from masters, crew, owners, solicitors, etc.; photographs; sketches; maps; newspaper cuttings; plans and blueprints. To these official records, the Library had added modern newspaper cuttings from the 1950s-1980s, of historical feature articles on the ships, reports about diving expeditions to wrecks, etc. Also, files have been made to accommodate copies of reports received by the Maritime Services Board from other authorities involved in the investigation of shipping incidents such as the Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry, the Commonwealth Department of Transport and the Court of Inquiry, New Zealand.

本批档案收录与海事调查相关的文件，相关调查主要由新南威尔士州海事委员会（Marine Board of New South Wales）及海事调查法庭（Court of Marine Inquiry）主持。档案涵盖新南威尔士州水域内的船舶事故，以及涉及在新南威尔士州注册船舶的海外海事事件；此类事故包括船舶失事、碰撞、失踪、沉没、搁浅、锅炉爆炸、船长与船员失职或不当行为，以及违反《航海条例》项下各项规章的各类违规情形。本批档案由新南威尔士州海事服务委员会（Maritime Services Board）图书馆编制，按船舶名称字母顺序排列，旨在为单艘船舶的相关信息提供便捷查阅工具。档案主体为上述两家机构的官方记录，涵盖引航员、警方等方报送事故的电报、传票与传讯令状副本、船长及船员的陈述、证据笔录副本、印刷版裁决文书、船员名单、船长、船员、船东及律师等方的信函、照片、素描、地图、剪报、设计图与蓝图。除上述官方记录外，该图书馆还补充了1950年至1980年代的现代剪报，内容涉及船舶相关历史专题文章、沉船潜水探险报告等；此外，该馆还编制了专门档案，收纳海事服务委员会从其他涉船舶事故调查的主管部门处获取的报告副本，这些部门包括联邦海事调查法庭、联邦交通运输部以及新西兰调查法庭。