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Alexander, Jane Letitia Trowbridge
Alexander, John Richard
Anima, Carola Mary
Back, George
Barff, Arthur
Brett, William
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Burridge, Richard
Burton, Cuthbert Ward, Major-General,
C. W. Kellock & Co
Caldwell, Henry
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Cockburn, George
Codrington, Henry John
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Cree, Edward Hodges
Crickmay, William
Crosbie, Robert
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Dockyard, Halifax
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Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital Society
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Houlder Brothers and Co Ltd
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Papers relating to the Benin Expedition, 1897. (Manuscript)
1897-01-01 - ?
STR/14
Papers relating to the Royal Commission on Colonial Defence: miscellaneous printed papers. (Manuscript)
1853-1879-12-31
MLN/163/5
Papers relating to Conditions of Service: papers relating to discipline and punishment. (Manuscript)
1853-1886-12-31
MLN/153/4
Logbooks kept by George Lovibond Bridges in HMS WATERLOO, DUKE OF WELLINGTON,Channel, Baltic and GEYSER, Baltic. (Manuscript)
1849-01-01 - 1855-12-31
LOG/N/23/2
'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of New Granada for the suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1853-05-09 - 1853-05-09
MGS/64/83
Journal of Master William H. Fawckner, PHOENIX and VENGEANCE. (Manuscript)
1853-1859
JOD/199
Papers relating to the Ashanti Expedition, 1895-1896. (Manuscript)
1895-1896-12-31
STR/12
Sailing orders for HMS THETIS, 1900. (Manuscript)
1900-01-01 - ?
STR/16
Papers relating to the boarding of the HERZOG, 1900. (Manuscript)
1900-01-01 - ?
STR/15
Papers relating to the defence of Pembroke Dockyard, 1887. (Manuscript)
1887-1887-12-31
STR/10
Workbook from the Benin Expedition, 1897. (Manuscript)
1897
STR/9
Papers relating to the M'wele Expedition, 1895. (Manuscript)
1895-01-01 - ?
STR/11
Semi-official correspondence: letters received. (Manuscript)
1834-1835
PHL/2/21
Semi-official correspondence: letters received. (Manuscript)
1834-1835
PHL/2/17
Papers on General Naval Policy relating to Milne's term at the Admiralty: memoranda. (Manuscript)
1852-1853-12-31
MLN/142/1
Logbook of HM Steam Sloop POLYPHEMUS, Commander Charles G Phillips, H M Steam Corvette COSSACK, Captain E G Farnshawe. (Manuscript)
1853-01-01 - 1855-12-31
LOG/N/P/10
Letter to Sir John Franklin. (Manuscript)
1853-01-01 - ?
AGC/F/9/1
Uncatalogued: Letter from Captain Henry Kellet to Sir John Barrow,
1853
1853-01-01 - ?
HSR/Z/45
Miscellaneous bills,
1853
1853 - ?
TRO/128/20
Fragment of journal, 1797-1818. (Manuscript)
1797-1818
COC/10
Papers relating to the deposition of the Sultan of Zanzibar, 1896. (Manuscript)
1896-01-01 - ?
STR/13
Logbook of HMS SIMOOM, possibly kept by midshipman James W. O'Grady. (Manuscript)
1852-01-01 - 1853-12-31
LOG/N/S/29
Semi-official correspondence: letters received. (Manuscript)
1834-1835
PHL/2/16
Semi-official correspondence: confidential letters received. (Manuscript)
1834-1835
PHL/2/15
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