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Answer to 15 questions put by the commissioners of revision to Henry Peake, Master of
Deptford
yard
1806
MRK/105/5/6
5 April 1806 Answer to 15 questions put by the commissioners of revision to Henry Peake, Master of Deptford yard on cost of labour, division of task work, etc.
shipbuilder, and William Hamilton, merchant, to build a ship for the East India Company in Bernard's
yard
1798-02-24
SCS/2
Articles of agreement between Frances Barnard, widow of William Barnard shipbuilder, and William Hamilton, merchant, to build a ship for the East India Company in Bernard's yard at Deptford, probably the PRESTON of 674 tons, giving principal dimensions, 24 Feb 1798.
Uncatalogued: Thesis entitled The victualling at
Deptford
, 1756-89. By E.M.G. Minster, 1966.
1966
MSS/71/010
Thesis on Deptford dockyard.…
Francis H Miller, naval historian and Superintendent of the Royal Victoria
Yard
,
Deptford
: letter to
1884-1889
AGC/M/12
Francis H Miller, naval historian and Superintendent of the Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford: letter to Mr Richardson, 28 January 1889, regarding an illustration of uniform; and 'Memorandum as to the Origin of Naval Uniform' (printed, H.M.S.O. 1884).
HM Dockyard and Royal Victoria Victualling
Yard
Deptford
from a survey by Mr MC Brown Clerk of Works,
1878; 1858
ADM/Y/D/12
Scale: 1:2,400 (bar). Printed plan of Deptford Dockyard. Coloured. N orientated 125°. Ungraduated. Variation. Has been conserved and backed.
Mr Kittoe,
Deptford
, to Markham, on the salary of a clerk in the
yard
of 80 pounds p annum, to consult
1807
MRK/104/2/10
11 ? 1807, Mr Kittoe, Deptford, to Markham, on the salary of a clerk in the yard of 80 pounds p annum, to consult Admiral Ranier on the manufacture and freight of East India items. salsette bales of hemp in the company warehouse for experiment, to ask Mr Fenwick, master rope master at Chatham
Uncatalogued: Plans of Royal Navy yards and other buildings. (Manuscript)
1786 - 1946
MSS/83/185/5
Plans of: Red House Deptford; Deptford Victualling Yard; Royal Victoria Yard Deptford; R.N. Tactical School Woolwich.
This item requires specialist conservation treatment and is currently unfit for production. Please contact staff for further information.…
Admiralty
Yard
plans
1786 - 1946
MSS/83/185/1
Plans of: Red House Deptford; Deptford Victualling Yard; R.N. College Greenwich; R.N Tactical School Woolwich; R.N. Recreational Ground Shooters Hill; Royal Victoria Yard Deptford; Olympia S.R.D. New Steelwork at Gable Ends.
Uncatalogued: Plans of Royal Navy yards and other buildings. (Manuscript)
1786 - 1946
MSS/83/185/2
Plans of: Supply Reserve Depot Deptford; Royal Victoria Yard Deptford; Red House Deptford; Deptford Victualling Yard.
Uncatalogued (Manuscript)
1825
MSS/84/158
Plan of the Brew House, Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford.
Includes
yard
accounts (1698), list of ships and vessels in R.N.(1546) and details of ships (1774).
1831
LAD/11/1-32
1. "A Supplement to the Book in His Majesty's possession which containeth A Survey of all His Majesty's Dockyards with the Building and Therein taken in the year 1698." Gives accounts of the yards: Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, Deptford, Woolwich and Sheerness.
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Ship's memo book. (Manuscript)
1797-1803
HNL/77/21
LADY JULIANA 1791-1825 - Master June 1795-November 1802, William Chapman. Ship's memo book February 1797-end 1802, note 1803; note of measurements taken from Deptford Yard books 1788; notes re stores, undated, enclosed - Michael Henley & Son
Uncatalogued: Plans of Royal Navy yards and other buildings. (Manuscript)
1786 - 1946
MSS/83/185/4
Plans of : Deptford Royal Victoria Yard; Victualling Yard Deptford.
Documents relating to naval administration in the Commonwealth period and the wars of William III. (Manuscript)
1651-1698
ADL/Z/53
Includes:
A single page from a Naval account book for specific payments- for example, travelling charges, for the period May to June 1655.
A warrant from Robert Thompson and Francis Willoughby, Navy Commissioners, to the 'State yard' at Deptford, December 1659.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-01
ADM/A/1780/1
It appears to us by a Certificate under the hands of the Minister, Churchwardens and other inhabitants of the Parish of Battersea in the County of Surrey, that Richard Levey has been an inhabitant of the said Parish for twenty five years and keeps a Yard for building and repairing Lighters .…
Uncatalogued: Flatiron collier
DEPTFORD
(1951)
1951-1972
MSS/72/088
Records collected by Macrae during his engagement as master of the flatiron collier DEPTFORD (1951), operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board and managed by Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd: Crew list sheets, 1951-1958 (1 volume). Compass observations book, 1960-1972.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-09-28
ADM/A/1799/301
Captain Benbow, Master Attendant of the Deptford Yard, being ordered by her Majesty on a particular Service, we direct you to cause John Mackay, Boatswain of the hulk at Deptford, to perform the duty of Master Attendant at that Yard during such time as Captain Benbow is employed on his Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-06
ADM/A/1845/172
Warrant appointing Nathaniel Taylor, Purser of the new Third Rate building at Mr Snelgrove's yard at Deptford, to be Purser of the BOYNE, in place of the former who has been moved to the new Third Rate Building at Mr Snelgrove's yard at Deptford.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-11
ADM/A/1814/121
As requested by your letter to our Secretary yesterday we are sending a enclosed a Warrant for impresting Shipwrights and Caulkers for the Deptford yard, and inform you that the Persons employed in pressing are to take notice that this should not be done as heretofore but in the same manner as Sea…
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694 (Manuscript)
1694-02-27
ADM/A/1804/337
The Marshal of the Admiralty has received orders to detain two men whose names are given as John Gaskin and William Yelling who were pressed into service in the Yard at Woolwich but have not appeared.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-08-10
ADM/A/1810/118
You proposed to us by your letter of the 4th inst; that in consideration of the business at the Woolwich Yard being so much increased there should be Master Boatmaker, Mastmaker, Master House Carpenter, Master Joiner and Master Sailmaker particularly appointed there, as the Deptford Yard Officers (w…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-18
ADM/A/1836/174
Your letter of 3 November advised us that the DUNKIRK may be repaired at Mr Wells's yard at Deptford.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-04-12
ADM/A/1767/42
The house at the Chatham yard, formerly made use of by the Master Attendant, is ordered to be returned to the Clerk of the Survey who formerly had it.…
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript)
1696-07-08
ADM/A/1832/67
Their Lordships having named several of the ships now building, I send you an account thereof. King's Yard - 2nd Rates: ASSOCIATION (Deptford), NAMURE (Woolwich), REVENGE (Chatham), BARFLEUR (Portsmouth).…
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