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4 items (originally enclosed with correspondence relating to the proposed laying...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1286/1-4
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- MR 1/1286/1-4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 items (originally enclosed with correspondence relating to the proposed laying of a telegraph cable under the Pacific Ocean) extracted from CO 885/6/17. North Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands: Necker Bank. 4 sheets of maps and sketches. (1) Chart of Necker Bank showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 1 sea mile. Compass indicator. Soundings taken by HMS Champion, September 1894. Signed: Lieutenant Roland Nugent, Royal Navy; approved by Captain E Rooke. (2) Map of Necker Island showing soundings. Scale: 8 inches to about 5 cables. Compass indicator. Surveyed by Lieutenants R Nugent and F H Walter, and Midshipmen O J Prentis and R M T Stephens; some soundings taken by Midshipmen F H Mitchell, F A Rooke, R M G Knight and H H Smith; printed by Wyman and Sons, 1894. Signed: Lieutenant Nugent, approved by Captain Rooke. (3) Sheet bearing 6 views of Necker Island. Printed by Wyman and Sons. Approved by Captain Rooke, September 1894. (4) Sheet bearing a 2 plans and 2 sections of Iwalani Island showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 10 cables (1 plan); 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63360] (remainder). Compass indicator. Reduced from the Hawaiian Government Survey by S E Bishop, 23 July 1885; soundings taken by HMS Hyacinth, 14 October 1894. Signed: Staff Commander Frank J Harwood; approved by Captain H G May. Dimensions: (1) 87 cm x 123 cm; (2) 60 cm x 71.5 cm; (3) 63 cm x 51.5 cm; (4) 89.5 cm x 99.5 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Printed
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5 items extracted from CO 885/6. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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4 items (originally enclosed with correspondence relating to the proposed laying...
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