This set of drawings was produced by the British Admiralty and are used in the contract book for the building of HMAS Albatross. They cover general arrangements and plans of sections, flight and forecastle decks and bridges, upper and lower decks, platform deck and hold.

This series of drawings contains information on mechanical aspects such as high and low pressure ahead and astern, bladings, the main thrust block, main condenser, turbines and gearing bearings.

The series provides a breakdown of the hull estimate for the HMAS Albatross by the costs for different trade groups such as sailmakers, painters and dockers, draughtsmen and plumbers, etc.

These drawings show the design, mechanical layout and general fit of HMAS Albatross. Most are ship and hull drawings, but some mechanical and a few electrical drawings are included.

This series of drawings mainly concerns the 200 kw generator, telegraph switches, and arrangements of electric light and power circuits for the HMAS Albatross.

This series consists of an incomplete register to the working and submitted drawings of seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross. This book was probably not an official register, but a list maintained for reference by an employee for his own use.

The tender books and estimates that comprise this series reflect the costs, administrative detail and overseas dealings required for the building of the vessel. There are five items: three copies of the tender book; a summary of estimated and actual cost, plan notes, seaplane costs; and a folder of miscellaneous papers regarding staff and imported materials.

These drawings for the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross were provided by the Navy at the time of placing the order, or later, for information and guidance. Many of the mechanical guidance drawings were received from Brown Brothers Engineers, Edinburgh.

This series is the contents of a dispatch sent by the Admiralty on 13 May 1927 to Cockatoo Island Dockyard, in addition to the original guidance drawings, to assist in the construction of the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross. The items appear to provide additional information to the working drawings, and include bending and metacentric diagrams, cross and hydrostatic curves and a displacement table.

The rigging warrant for the HMAS Albatross is a form book used to record the details and arrangements of the rigging at the time of completion.

The drawings in this series are those that were listed in the index to HMAS Albatross under the heading ‘Miscellaneous’. They are a combination of ‘as fitted’ and working drawings, and provide additional information for the Clarkson Patent Thimble Tube Boiler, the 4 ton crane, pillaring arrangements, the Cornhill Gravity oil fuel installation and other machinery.

This book contains a set of drawings, tables and diagrams with information concerning arrangement, layout and fitting of the machinery of the ship.

The drawings in this series provided details on the arrangement and fittings of the ship as it was on completion. The drawings show such arrangements as ventilation, positioning of galleys, pumps, draining facilities and relevant hangar details. Also included are listings of trials and results.