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Turkey: Dardanelles: Admiralty chart 2429: 'Dardanelles'. Chart showing armed and...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3223
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This record is about the Turkey: Dardanelles: Admiralty chart 2429: 'Dardanelles'. Chart showing armed and... dating from 1855-1895 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/3223
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Turkey: Dardanelles: Admiralty chart 2429: 'Dardanelles'. Chart showing armed and extant defence works; firing and observation stations of minefields; armaments. Insets: 'The Narrows', surveyed by Captain T A B Spratt, Royal Navy, CB, 1855; 'Deredibi flat hill in line with Chardak Lighthouse S.W. leads N.W. of Zindji Bozan Bank'. Reference table; summary of armaments; tabulated complement of garrison. Compass roses. Information on armaments prepared in the Naval Intelligence Department, Admiralty, 1 November 1895. A note reads: 'This Chart is not to be used for navigating purposes.' Supersedes version of Admiralty chart 2429 at ADM 231/19.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 75 cm x 91 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:72900
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with coloured MS additions
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4602.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819587/
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