HMY Victoria and Albert
Quote from Ted Scaplehorn on 20 November 2019, 17:55We've received a request for information about the fitting out of HMY Victoria and Albert (the third of the name, launched in 1899), which may have involved Warings (furniture makers?) of Liverpool.
Can anyone help? Please post here or feel free to contact Malcolm Cobb (malcolm.c.cobb@gmail.com) direct.
We've received a request for information about the fitting out of HMY Victoria and Albert (the third of the name, launched in 1899), which may have involved Warings (furniture makers?) of Liverpool.
Can anyone help? Please post here or feel free to contact Malcolm Cobb (malcolm.c.cobb@gmail.com) direct.
Quote from Stewart & Janet Murfitt on 22 January 2020, 16:43Hi Malcolm, not sure just what level of information you have already, but hope this may be of some use.
The National Archives seems to contain confirmation of Warings involvement in the fitting out.
The HMY Victoria and Albert (1899) was named and launched by H.R.H. the Duchess of York. The vessel was constructed of steel to the design of Sir William White, Director of Naval Construction; engines and boilers were by Messrs. Humphrys and Tennant. After machinery trials the vessel was to be taken to Portsmouth, for decoration and furnishing Messrs. Waring for service in summer 1900.
Furniture maker, Gillows of Lancaster joined forces, when they were in financial difficulties around 1897, with Warings of Liverpool (est. 1835), in a loose financial arrangement, legally ratified by the establishment of Waring and Gillow in 1903.
Gillows (est. around 1730s) had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", liners "Lusitania", "Heliopolis" and "Cairo", RMS "Queen Mary" (1934) and "Queen Elizabeth" (1946) for Cunard.
The National Archives reference can be found at:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/92136f3f-127e-4887-83e2-eb1e7fc36ed4
and at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F184961
The actual archive “annual accounts, approvals book, bad debts register, warehouse registers, minutes, staff and property papers” for Waring and Gillow during the period 1807-1986 are held by City of Westminster Archives Centre. Over 100 physical files are in the collection at; 10 St Ann's Street, London, SW1P 2DE. I am assuming that details of the fitting out of the Victoria and Albert in which they were involved will be found there.
Further contact details can be found at https://www.westminster.gov.uk/archives
Hi Malcolm, not sure just what level of information you have already, but hope this may be of some use.
The National Archives seems to contain confirmation of Warings involvement in the fitting out.
The HMY Victoria and Albert (1899) was named and launched by H.R.H. the Duchess of York. The vessel was constructed of steel to the design of Sir William White, Director of Naval Construction; engines and boilers were by Messrs. Humphrys and Tennant. After machinery trials the vessel was to be taken to Portsmouth, for decoration and furnishing Messrs. Waring for service in summer 1900.
Furniture maker, Gillows of Lancaster joined forces, when they were in financial difficulties around 1897, with Warings of Liverpool (est. 1835), in a loose financial arrangement, legally ratified by the establishment of Waring and Gillow in 1903.
Gillows (est. around 1730s) had established a reputation for the outfitting of luxury yachts and liners, including the Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", liners "Lusitania", "Heliopolis" and "Cairo", RMS "Queen Mary" (1934) and "Queen Elizabeth" (1946) for Cunard.
The National Archives reference can be found at:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/92136f3f-127e-4887-83e2-eb1e7fc36ed4
and at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F184961
The actual archive “annual accounts, approvals book, bad debts register, warehouse registers, minutes, staff and property papers” for Waring and Gillow during the period 1807-1986 are held by City of Westminster Archives Centre. Over 100 physical files are in the collection at; 10 St Ann's Street, London, SW1P 2DE. I am assuming that details of the fitting out of the Victoria and Albert in which they were involved will be found there.
Further contact details can be found at https://www.westminster.gov.uk/archives
Quote from Ted Scaplehorn on 22 January 2020, 21:42Thank you for the information. That's exactly how I hope this new forum can operate! I wasn't sure if you'd contacted Malcolm directly, so I've sent him a copy of the information. It won't hurt if he gets it twice.
Thank you for the information. That's exactly how I hope this new forum can operate! I wasn't sure if you'd contacted Malcolm directly, so I've sent him a copy of the information. It won't hurt if he gets it twice.
