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The KENT encounters bad weather and her
main
topsail
yard
is broken. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/233
They sail with three other ships, and call in at Grand Canary Island for repairs to an anchor and the
main
1659-1703
JOD/4/257
The KENT encounters bad weather and her
main
topsail
yard
is broken.
1685
JOD/4/233-234
They sail with three other ships, and call in at Grand Canary Island for repairs to an anchor and the
main
1691-1692
JOD/4/257-258
On the way they repair their broken fore
yard
, and are helped by other English ships when they run out
1676-1677
JOD/4/203-204
Chatham Dockyard (Manuscript)
1669-1900
CHA
Letter from James Whitworth to his wife, 3 October 1812. (Manuscript)
1812-10-03
WHW/1/11
Plymouth Dockyard (Manuscript)
ADM/Y/PD
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-16
ADM/A/1813/151
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-04
ADM/A/1772/13
Northfleet Dockyard (Manuscript)
1804-01-01 - ?
ADM/Y/N/1
Barlow is paid for his service on the MAREYGOULD. He ships on the MAYFLOWER, bound for Tenerife. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/204
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-22
ADM/A/1829/67
Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698. (Manuscript)
1696-04-05
ADM/A/1829/66
The KENT sails to Karwar, Goa, Mumbai and Swallow Hole. Barlow describes how the BRISTOL sank , and criticises Sir Josiah Child, Governor of the East India Company. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/234
At Table Bay divers from the SAMPSON rescue goods and a gun from the shipwrecked ORANGE. The East India Company gives no reward for the salvage of this cargo. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/258
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-04-02
ADM/A/1794/4
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-06-25
ADM/A/1808/267
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-23
ADM/A/1772/123
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-10-19
ADM/A/1812/240
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-05-09
ADM/A/1767/178
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