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Navy Board and Admiralty: Navy Pay Office, Prize Branch and successors: Records

Catalogue reference: ADM 238

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ADM 238

These records relate to prize and prize bounty accounts and to other aspects of naval accounting which may have been associated temporarily with the Prize Branch.

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Reference

ADM 238

Title
Navy Board and Admiralty: Navy Pay Office, Prize Branch and successors: Records
Date

1803-1953

Description

These records relate to prize and prize bounty accounts and to other aspects of naval accounting which may have been associated temporarily with the Prize Branch.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Admiralty, 1708-1964
  • Navy Pay Office, 1546-1835
Physical description

19 volume(s)

Administrative / biographical background

The Prize Branch was associated at different times with various departments of the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy until 1932 and thereafter with Branch 3 of the Directorate of Naval Accounts, which formed part of the Admiralty Secretariat.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1946/

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Navy Board and Admiralty: Navy Pay Office, Prize Branch and successors: Records