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Series
Admiralty: Ships' Musters (Series III)
Catalogue reference: ADM 38
What's it about?
ADM 38
Ships' Musters (Series III), recording the presence of every person on board a ship. A number of musters were destroyed after WWI under schedule. The original list which is annotated with the musters that have been destroyed is in OBS 1/899
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Ships' Musters (Series III)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ships' Musters (Series III), recording the presence of every person on board a ship.
A number of musters were destroyed after WWI under schedule. The original list which is annotated with the musters that have been destroyed is in OBS 1/899
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The following abbreviations are used throughout this series:
- C: Muster, or Complete, Book.
- D: Description Book.
- M: Quarterly Muster Book.
- O: Muster Open List.
- V: Victualling List.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9376 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1747/
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