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Folios 233-234: Manley Dixon, HMS Queen, St Helens. States Admiral Theophilius Jones...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1726/93

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This record is about the Folios 233-234: Manley Dixon, HMS Queen, St Helens. States Admiral Theophilius Jones... dating from 1804 May 6 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 1/1726/93
Date
1804 May 6
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Folios 233-234: Manley Dixon, HMS Queen, St Helens. States Admiral Theophilius Jones late Captain of HMS Queen, having informed him that he had represented of the great attentions made in the stowage of the Iron and Shingle Ballast, so as to bring the Ship considerably more by the Stern than she had ever been. He thinks it is his duty to represent the same to the Board and that the ship now swims five feet, three inches by the Stern, the Draft of Water taken this morning. States that he understands the best sailing trim and steerage is from eighteen to twenty inches only by the stern.

Folio 234A: enclosure with folios 233-234. HMS Queen's draft of water taken 6 May 1804. Signed Manley Dixon and William Chalmers, Master.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap D112
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Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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