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Admiralty: Channel Squadron and Fleet: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: ADM 144
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ADM 144
On 14 December 1904 the Channel Fleet was re-styled the 'Atlantic Fleet' and the Home Fleet became the 'Channel Fleet'. Up to that date these records relate to the Channel Fleet and Squadron; thereafter they relate to the erstwhile Home Fleet...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 144
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Channel Squadron and Fleet: Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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On 14 December 1904 the Channel Fleet was re-styled the 'Atlantic Fleet' and the Home Fleet became the 'Channel Fleet'. Up to that date these records relate to the Channel Fleet and Squadron; thereafter they relate to the erstwhile Home Fleet under its new title.
ADM 144/14-16 were 1 to 3 of the records in ADM 145
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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, Channel Fleet, 1904-1910
- Board of Admiralty, Channel Squadron, 1859-1904
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 34 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Admiralty
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Class is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1853/
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Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Channel Squadron and Fleet: Correspondence
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