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Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Surveyor of the Navy: In-letters Relating...
Catalogue reference: ADM 87
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ADM 87
This series consists of letters to the Surveyor of the Navy relating to ships under construction or refit. From 1837, each letter was allocated a number, which appears in the Registers contained in ADM 88
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 87
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Surveyor of the Navy: In-letters Relating to Ships
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of letters to the Surveyor of the Navy relating to ships under construction or refit. From 1837, each letter was allocated a number, which appears in the Registers contained in ADM 88
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1860
- Navy Board, Surveyor of the Navy, 1546-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 77 volume(s)
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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/C1796/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Surveyor of the Navy: In-letters Relating to Ships
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