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2 items extracted from ADM 1/7508. Quebec. (1) Admiralty chart of the St Lawrence...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/568
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from ADM 1/7508. Quebec. (1) Admiralty chart of the St Lawrence... dating from 1901 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPI 1/568
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from ADM 1/7508. Quebec. (1) Admiralty chart of the St Lawrence River from Point Pizeau to Frechette Island. Scale: 1 inch to 333 yards. Compass roses. Surveyed by Capt H W Bayfield RN, 1859. Corrected to August 1901. Engraved by J & C Walker. MS additions, and (2) a tracing from the chart, show the precise point of grounding, about 11/2 cables east of the southern end of the Quebec Bridge, close to the Chaudiere Bassin. Originally accompanying a report on the grounding of HMS Indefatigable 18 September 1901.
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty Chart 2775
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- 63 cm x 96 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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2 items extracted from ADM 1/7508. Quebec. (1) Admiralty chart of the St Lawrence...
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