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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books
Catalogue reference: ADM 139
What's it about?
ADM 139
These continuous service engagement books give the date and place of birth, physical characteristics on entry, and a summary of the service of each rating. Digital copies of Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1928 can be searched and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 139
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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These continuous service engagement books give the date and place of birth, physical characteristics on entry, and a summary of the service of each rating.
Digital copies of Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1928 can be searched and downloaded. The indexes to ADM 139 are also available to download as digital microfilm.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Referencing: In 2012, as part of transferring digitised records to The National Archives' new Discovery catalogue, the items throughout this series were temporarily numbered, starting at 1 within each piece. In March 2013 these were corrected to have their item references constructed of the piece number followed by a slash and the numerical part of the service number; for example ADM 139/10/1 is now ADM 139/10/901.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is in order of continuous service numbers, but there are alphabetical indexes of surnames which give the individual's CS number.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services in: ADM 188
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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)
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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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1027 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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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/C1848/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,470,001 records
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books
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