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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
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72001-72500
Catalogue reference: ADM 188/791
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This record is about the 72001-72500 dating from 1917 in the series Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 188/791
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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72001-72500
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Volume number J72-1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4384490/
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ADM 188
Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services
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