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Admiralty: Ships' Ledgers
Catalogue reference: ADM 117
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ADM 117
Ships' ledgers were instituted by regulations established by Admiralty circular letter No. 53 of 21 September 1872. The ledger was to record the full pay and allowance of every officer, man and boy on board, and all necessary particulars as to...
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ADM 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Ships' Ledgers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1872-1884
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ships' ledgers were instituted by regulations established by Admiralty circular letter No. 53 of 21 September 1872. The ledger was to record the full pay and allowance of every officer, man and boy on board, and all necessary particulars as to victualling. The introduction of this system made unnecessary the record and establishment book, the open muster book and the description book.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Ships' ledgers for the period 1878 to 1909 inclusive were, with a very few exceptions, destroyed by fire as a result of enemy action in 1941.
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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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1036 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1826/
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Admiralty: Ships' Ledgers
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