Series
Admiralty: Royal Naval Hospital, Malta: Miscellaneous Books and Records
Catalogue reference: ADM 304
What's it about?
ADM 304
In- and out-letter books, case, stores and accounts books, outside muster books and miscellaneous other items relating to the naval medical establishment at Malta.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 304
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Naval Hospital, Malta: Miscellaneous Books and Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1804-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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In- and out-letter books, case, stores and accounts books, outside muster books and miscellaneous other items relating to the naval medical establishment at Malta.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Naval Hospital, Malta, 1832-1960
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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41 volume(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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When the Navy shifted its Mediterranean base of operations from Minorca to Malta in 1802, its nearest hospital lay in Gibraltar. Valletta had numerous buildings available for rent, however, and for the first thirty years of the British occupation sick and wounded seamen were cared for either in the former Knights' armoury at Vittoriosa or in the erstwhile Turkish slave prison in Valletta.
In 1803 Nelson had represented the need for a permanent naval hospital on Malta, but it was not until 1830 that £17,000 was voted for the purpose. £6,000 was made available immediately and it was decided to convert an existing building, the Villa Bighi. Building was completed and the first patients received in 1832.
The hospital passed out of Royal Naval use in 1960.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2012/
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: Royal Naval Hospital, Malta: Miscellaneous Books and Records