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Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and Successors: War Risks Insurance Records
| Reference: | MT 216 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Transport and Successors: War Risks Insurance Records |
| Description: |
This series contains War Risks Insurance records. This comprises of files recording claims for the values of ship cargoes lost by sinking during the Second World War. |
| Date: | 1939-1979 |
| Related material: |
For War Risk Insurance Records for World War One see BT 365 For records on War Risk Insurance policy for World War Two see MT 9 For records on War Risk Insurance policy for World War Two see MT 40 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Sea Transport Division, 1953-1959 Ministry of Transport, Sea Transport Division, 1946-1953 Ministry of Transport, Sea Transport Division, 1959-1965 Ministry of War Transport, Shipping Division, 1941-1946 |
| Physical description: | 241 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2024 Department for Transport |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
War Risks Insurance was paid during WW2 under the provisions of the War Risks Insurance Act 1939 and was activated by an official statement in Parliament as part of the process subsequent on the declaration of war as laid down in the Government War Book. After the war the Shipping Policy Divisions of the Ministry, later Department of Transport took over responsibility for policy relating to War Risks Insurance under the provisions of the Marine and Aviation Insurance (War Risks) Act 1952. |
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