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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 107
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates of Service
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Date (When the record was created)
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1691-1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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75 volume(s)
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- Topics
- Navy
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1816/
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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: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates of Service
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