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Ship Department: Ship Building Specifications Hull and Machinery.
Catalogue reference: ADM 170
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 170
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ship Department: Ship Building Specifications Hull and Machinery.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- National Maritime Museum
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- No records held at The National Archives for this series
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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1879/
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