Series
Admiralty: Western Approaches, Station Records
Catalogue reference: ADM 217
What's it about?
ADM 217
Reports of proceedings of ships and vessels under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, and chiefly engaged in escorting convoys. There are also some war diaries of the senior naval officers of ports within the station.
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 217
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Western Approaches, Station Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of proceedings of ships and vessels under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, and chiefly engaged in escorting convoys. There are also some war diaries of the senior naval officers of ports within the station.
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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)
- Board of Admiralty, Western Approaches, 1942-1945
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 802 file(s)
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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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Western Approaches, based on Liverpool, were the rendevous for outward bound convoys for the period 1939-1946.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1925/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Western Approaches, Station Records