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Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates...

Catalogue reference: ADM 107

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ADM 107

These records consist chiefly of formal certificates, either originals or copies, recording the fact of candidates for Lieutenant's commissions having passed the necessary professional examination at the Navy Board. Certificates of those passing...

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Reference
ADM 107
Title
Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates of Service
Date
1691-1848
Description

These records consist chiefly of formal certificates, either originals or copies, recording the fact of candidates for Lieutenant's commissions having passed the necessary professional examination at the Navy Board. Certificates of those passing overseas are not included. The certificates give a summary of each candidate's services to date, and the originals are sometimes accompanied by baptismal certificates.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
75 volume(s)
Subjects
Topics
Navy
Publication note(s)
For a name index to ADM 107/1-63, see B Pappalardo, "Royal Navy Lieutenants' passing certificates, 1691-1902" (List and Index Society, volumes 289-290, 2001), which is available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1816/

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Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates of Service

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