File 3 - Royal Oak and Galway Hookers

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UGA P120/3/3/9/8/3

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Royal Oak and Galway Hookers

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  • 1984-1999

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1 folder (c. 50 pp)

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Copy letter from Tim Robinson to the Naval Historical Library seeking information on a shipwreck in 1779 off Inishbofin, asking if the ship was named the Royal Oak. Response enclosing a bibliography and particulars about all ships named Royal Oak.

Correspondence with enclosures, from Dick Scott:

"The Galway Line" from 'Sailing Ships of Ireland', E B Anderson;

'The Galway Line in Context: A Contribution to Galway Maritime History' by Timothy Collins, with handwritten note on a postit;

Photographs of Galway Hookers, and a drawing showing a profile of a hull construction, and enclosing slides;

Photograph of a monument in Leitir Mealláin to boat builders with a handwritten and typed copy lists of the names on the monument;

Copy of a drawing of a Galway Hooker credited to 'Jim the Hippy' in Inis Ní, July 1989;

Brochures, press cuttings, and a 1984 calendar with photographs of Galway Hookers.

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      22/09/2023
      16/07/2025

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