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National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval: Lists Of Ships

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 ADL/V-VF

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Royal Naval: Lists Of Ships

Date(s): 17th century - 18th century

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 9 items

Name of creator(s): Royal Navy

CONTEXT

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CONTENT

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This category contains individual documents containing lists of ships, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the items is a list of ships of 1652 to be prepared for the summer guard for the coasts of England, Ireland and Scotland, with the names of commanders, numbers of men and guns. The list was presented to Parliament and approved. Another, of 1804, is an 'abstract of the country craft of various descriptions that have been armed for the defence of the coast from Shoreham in Sussex to Mistley in Essex'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.