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Admiralty: Plymouth Station: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: ADM 131
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ADM 131
Correspondence consisting of, in the main, letters from the Admiralty, including files of the First World War concerning the operation of the Auxiliary Patrol in the Plymouth Command area, mines and minesweeping, submarines and attacks on convoys...
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ADM 131
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Plymouth Station: Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1842-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence consisting of, in the main, letters from the Admiralty, including files of the First World War concerning the operation of the Auxiliary Patrol in the Plymouth Command area, mines and minesweeping, submarines and attacks on convoys and counter-espionage matters.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Plymouth Station, 1815-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Navy Department, Plymouth Station, 1964-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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125 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1840/
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Admiralty: Plymouth Station: Correspondence
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