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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Submarine Logs
Catalogue reference: ADM 173
What's it about?
ADM 173
This series consists of the logs of HM submarines from 1914. They are a comprehensive record of all wheel, telegraph and depth keeping orders, together with information on battery charges, firing of torpedoes, and navigational fixes etc.
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 173
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Submarine Logs
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the logs of HM submarines from 1914. They are a comprehensive record of all wheel, telegraph and depth keeping orders, together with information on battery charges, firing of torpedoes, and navigational fixes etc.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 32695 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1953 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)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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They were kept on a continuous rather than monthly basis as with the ships' logs. They were maintained by someone who was usually otherwise engaged in either steering or depth keeping, so abbreviations tend to proliferate. Many of these logs are enhanced by either cryptic comments of "matelots humour" or drawings/cartoons of topical interest.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1882/
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Submarine Logs
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