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Letter from Nicholas Foster on board the PHOENIX to the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy, 17 Oct 1654 (Manuscript)
1654-10-17
RUSI/NM/239
Observations upon fitting of guns on board HMS 28 March 1814. A notebook with drawings (Manuscript)
1814-03-28
RUSI/NM/147
Printed form Distribution list of HMS VICTOR EMANUEL, ca.1860 (Manuscript)
ca. 1860
RUSI/NM/141
Evolution Squadron; principal positions of the Evolution Squadron under the command of Lord Hood, 1792. (Manuscript)
1792
RUSI/NM/134/A
A book made by the Commissioners of all His Majesty's stores in the tower and ships at Chatham, 1620 (Manuscript)
1620
RUSI/NM/125
Estimates of the Charge of Building and Equipping for sea a ship of each class, with the amount of wages to the officers and seamen, with proportion of stores allowed for each ship, for Channel and Foreigh Service, 1786 (Manuscript)
1786
RUSI/NM/57
Facsimile of early specimen of Nelson's writing with his left hand, with an account of picking it up by Gunner's-mate William McPherson, HM ship, SEAHORSE, 1797. (Manuscript)
1797
RUSI/NM/210
Indenture for stores by Tobias Hawk, Master Gunner of the BLANDFORD, 10 Feb 1719 (Manuscript)
1719-02-10
RUSI/NM/247
Sailing directions for coast of North America, c.1760 (Manuscript)
ca. 1760
RUSI/NM/96
A list of His Majesty's armed vessels upon the Canadian Lakes, River St Lawrence and Provincial Service, 1780 (Manuscript)
1780
RUSI/NM/13
A list of His Majesty's Royal Navy, giving Rate, Dimensions, Tons, Number of Men and Guns, and when and where built, 1772 (Manuscript)
1772
RUSI/NM/16
Seamanship; a dialogue between volunteers, containing account of ship's complement, officers, duties of crew, etc, 1742 (Manuscript)
1742
RUSI/NM/5/A
Notes on navigation etc taken by John Ommaney at the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth, 1750 (Manuscript)
1750
RUSI/NM/153
Facsimile letter from Nelson & Bronte to Thomas Forsyth, Merton, 2 Feb 1802 (Manuscript)
1802-02-02
RUSI/NM/242
Memo from the Navy Office to William Sheldon, Clerk of the Cheque of Woolwich Dockyard, in regard to a ship of the 2nd Rate to be built at that yard, 14 Oct 1662, signatures include Peter Pett. (Manuscript)
1662-10-14
RUSI/NM/86/6
Index to General Naval Instructions for 1803 (Manuscript)
1803
RUSI/NM/73
Admiral Holburne's letterbooks, Portsmouth, 2 vols, 13 January 1759 to 12 August 1765. (Manuscript)
1759-01-13 - 1765-08-12
RUSI/NM/105/B&C
Folder containing the third and fourth parts of a journal kept, 11 September 1796 to 17 October 1796, 1 April 1797 to 15 June 1797 and 27 June 1797 to 21 October 1797. Pacific, Japan. (Manuscript)
1796-09-11 - 1797-10-21
RUSI/NM/132/8-9
Papers of Admiral Sir W H Henderson, consisting of watch and quarter bills HMS NELSON. (Manuscript)
1879 - 1881
RUSI/NM/169
Proceedings and minutes of Courts Martial on the mutineers of 1797; printed proclamations and pamphlets (Manuscript)
1797
RUSI/NM/235/ER/5
Letters to and from Lord Spencer and others, relating to quitting the BEAULIEU, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/3
Letters from Riou to his mother before and after the loss of the GUARDIAN, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/2
Orders for the discipline of HMS AMAZON, 1799 (Manuscript)
1799
RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/11
Logbook kept by Captain T.W. Oliver for HMS ST GEORGE at Spithead, Boulogne and Lisbon. (Manuscript)
1855-04-02 - 1856-03-04
RUSI/NM/150/4
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