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Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Controller of the Navy and predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: ADM 135
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ADM 135
These volumes consist of reports and other papers giving the history of the maintenance of a ship (hull, machinery and armament) from construction to disposal; in some cases details of complements are also given. The earliest ships' books consist...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 135
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Controller of the Navy and predecessors: Ships' Books (Series I)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807-1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes consist of reports and other papers giving the history of the maintenance of a ship (hull, machinery and armament) from construction to disposal; in some cases details of complements are also given. The earliest ships' books consist of bound volumes and Series I contains the surviving books of this type.
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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, Controller of the Navy, 1860-1912
- Board of Admiralty, Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1860
- Navy Board, Comptroller of the Navy, 1558-1832
- Navy Board, Surveyor of the Navy, 1546-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 520 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/C1844/
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