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Private journals and memoranda books of Lt William Bryan Wyke, 1782-99. HMS GIBRALTAR, VILLE DE PARIS, THESEUS, VICTORY, PRINCE GEORGE, BOYNE. (Manuscript)
1782-01-01 - 1799-12-31
RUSI/NM/35-36
List of ships of the Royal Navy and foreign navies with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns, from 16th Century to 19th Century in 8 Volumes. (Manuscript)
1600-1900
RUSI/NM/61-72
Documents concerning orders and regualtions of HMS SUPERB and watch bill and hammock list of HMS SPARTIATE. (Manuscript)
1805-01-01 - ?
RUSI/NM/110
A series of letters, orders, memos, notes and pay sheets. (Manuscript)
1636-1853
RUSI/NM/86
Nautical hints and necessary alterations and improvements, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/86/3
Bearings and distances of the West India Islands by the magnetic compass with directions for sailing from Jamaica through the windward passage, directions for running down the trades to the Spanish Main and a description of Ratan, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/86/2
Folder containing a journal kept, 11 September 1796 to 17 October 1796, 1 April 1797 to 15 June 1797. Pacific, Japan. Marked as '3rd Part of the Voyage'. (Manuscript)
1796-09-11 - 1797-06-15
RUSI/NM/132/8
Folder containing a journal kept, 27 June 1797 to 21 October 1797. Pacific, Japan. Marked as '4th Part of the Voyage'. (Manuscript)
1797-06-27 - 1797-10-21
RUSI/NM/132/9
Catalogue of Naval Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal United Service Institution, compiled by Captain R Garbett c.1914 (Manuscript)
ca. 1914
RUSI/NM/109/C
Letters on the trial Admiral John Byng, 1757 (Manuscript)
1757
RUSI/NM/91/C
Nelson Family Tree, by Captain H T Bosanquet, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/91/B
Description of a model of a frigate with three sliding keels, suggested by Captain Schank to the Duke of Northumberland, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/86/1
Information obtained by Lieutenant H S Jones of HMS DORIS, from an American Schooner,15 January 1805 (Manuscript)
1805-01-15
RUSI/NM/86/26
Copy of logbook, HMS POLYPHEMUS, 31 Aug-6 Oct 1801 (Manuscript)
1801-1801
RUSI/NM/86/23
Private letter from Admiral Earl St Vincent VILLE DE PARIS, 12 June 1800, to Captain Thomas Graves, HMS CUMBERLAND, respecting two men of that ship, Lee and Armstrong (Manuscript)
1800-06-12
RUSI/NM/86/22
Information received respecting the strength of the French Fleet in Brest, 8 Feb-7 August 1803. Reports of reconnaissances by various officers made to Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Graves (Manuscript)
1803-1803
RUSI/NM/86/24
Standing orders, regulations and instructions, issued by Captain Thomas Graves on board HMS MAGICIENNE, 7 September 1782 (Manuscript)
1782
RUSI/NM/86/19
Letter from Admiral Sir Charles Knowles to Captain Thomas Graves, No.4 Vigo Lane, 7 April 1798, forwarding a copy of his signal book (Manuscript)
1798-04-07
RUSI/NM/86/21
Order from Admiral Hugh Pigot, directing Captain Graves, HMS BEDFORD, to place himself under his orders. Dated from the FORMIDABLE, at Port Royal, 13 July 1782 (Manuscript)
1782-07-13
RUSI/NM/86/18
An account of the proceedings of the British fleet, consisting of thirty-six sail of the line, in an action with the French fleet, commanded by the Comte de Grasse off Dominica and Guadaloupe 9-12 April 1782 (Manuscript)
1782-1782
RUSI/NM/86/17
Printed copy of a letter from Nelson to the Lord Mayor of London, VICTORY, 1 August 1804 (Manuscript)
1804-08-01
RUSI/NM/208
Indenture for stores by the Master Gunner of the FOLKESTONE, 30 July 1707 (Manuscript)
1707-07-30
RUSI/NM/246
Two letters of Nelson to William Suckling, one before and one after the loss of his arm. (i) Camp near Bastia, 6 Apr 1794 (ii) St Helen's, 9 April 1798 (Manuscript)
1794-1798
RUSI/NM/201
Receipt signed by Dr George Vance, ('The Pill Maker'), Greenwich, 2 July 1823 (Manuscript)
1823-07-02
RUSI/NM/229
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