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A List of Hired Steam and Sailing Ships employed in Her Majesty's Transport Service,...
Catalogue reference: WO 28/156
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This record is about the A List of Hired Steam and Sailing Ships employed in Her Majesty's Transport Service,... dating from 1856 Mar 1 in the series War Office: Records of Military Headquarters. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 28/156
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1856 Mar 1
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A List of Hired Steam and Sailing Ships employed in Her Majesty's Transport Service, 1 March 1856.
- A printed list which gives the number of the transport, its name, tonnage, construction details, details of its engagement and accommodation, its owner and its last known station.
- There is an index to the ships and a statistical abstract at the front of the volume.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2208766/
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War Office: Records of Military Headquarters
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