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Muster-table of HMS TRUSTY, 22 September 1782-15 April 1783 (Manuscript)
1782-1783
RUSI/NM/109/A
Commission, appointing William Cotsell purser of the CLIO, 15 April 1835 (Manuscript)
1835-04-15
RUSI/NM/221
Remarks kept on board HMS CANOPUS, 28 August 1806-4 Dec 1811, by Daniel Daly (Manuscript)
1806-1811
RUSI/NM/86/27
Letter from Lieutenant Richard Bourne commanding the armed Schooner FELIX, to Captain P Campbell of the DORIS reporting his having fallen in with a squadron of the enemy, dated Quiberon Bay 13 January 1805 (Manuscript)
1805-01-13
RUSI/NM/86/25
Various 17th century documents, including a warrant signed by James, Duke of York; documents relating to the Navy Board, 7 June 1661-30 November 1691 (Manuscript)
1661-1691
RUSI/NM/218
Letter from Sir John Barrow (the elder) to the RUSI, presenting a signal book, found on board the CHESAPEAKE 1845. (Manuscript)
1845-01-20
RUSI/NM/256
St Vincent letters to Captain Hawkins Whitshed, FORMIDABLE, VILLE DE PARIS, 2 May 1798, in the old Berth. (Manuscript)
1798-1810
RUSI/NM/215
Commissions and service papers of william James Baird, Surgeon and Deputy Inspector General, 1854-1877 (Manuscript)
1854-1877
RUSI/NM/254/1-12
Measures for arming launches and longboats; printed directions; letter recommending the aforesaid to the shipowners at Exeter. (Manuscript)
1798-04-13
RUSI/NM/253
Document by the mutineer's Committee of HMS SWAN, 1 June 1797, forbidding the officers to go ashore (Manuscript)
1797-06-01
RUSI/NM/203
Order from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty directing him to put the ships company of the SEVERN on the pay roll, 11 November 1695, signatures include Sir Cloudisley Shovell (Manuscript)
1695-11-11
RUSI/NM/86/13
Collection of pamphlets and documents belonging to Captain Farquhar and relating to the Mediterranean Fleet, 1845-1893 (Manuscript)
1845-1893
RUSI/NM/245
Letter from Nelson to Lady Hamilton, off Boulogne, 3 August 1802 (Manuscript)
1802-08-03
RUSI/NM/202
Queen Mary's letters and orders to the joint Admirals, thirty-four manuscripts, 4 April 1693-29 September 1693 (Manuscript)
1693-1693
RUSI/NM/99
Letters from the Commissioners of the Admiralty to the three Admirals, the joint Commanders of the Fleet, forty-six manuscripts, 10 April 1693-25 September 1693 (Manuscript)
1693-1693
RUSI/NM/98
Orders from the Commissioners of the Admiralty, to the Admirals, ninety manuscripts, 18 March 1692-27 September 1693 (Manuscript)
1692-1693
RUSI/NM/97
A proposition for building Ships and Vessels with straight timber by Mr Spiller of Chatham Yard. (Manuscript)
1755-1757
RUSI/NM/38/1
Order, to Mid John Hamilton to take command of a prize, from Captain G. Donnelly, NARCISSUS, off Genoa, 1 August 1804 (Manuscript)
1804-08-01
RUSI/NM/231
A catalogue of all the Flag Officers of the several fleets since 1660. HRH, the Duke of York, Lord High Admiral of England, 1690 (Manuscript)
1660-1690
RUSI/NM/93
'A plan of the different positions of the British and French Fleets from the 28th May to the total defeat of the later on the 1 June 1794', by Lewis Gordon of HMS ROYAL GEORGE (Glorious First of June) (Manuscript)
1794-1794
RUSI/NM/223
Papers with rough sketches relating to boat operations in the mouth of the Loire, 2 July 1800, under Captain T Byam Martin, HMS FISHGUARD (Manuscript)
1800-07-02
RUSI/NM/226
Despatches and orders received, 1846-62, by Captain John Bythesea (1827-1906) (Manuscript)
1846-1862
RUSI/NM/165
History of R.M. Navigation School, 1729-1926: a study in Naval Education. Typescript, by Lieutenant R K Dickson, (1926) (Manuscript)
1729-1926
RUSI/NM/159
Night order book, 26 Jul-23 Oct 1918, ATTENTIVE; 27 Apr-6 Oct 1919, FOX (Manuscript)
1918-1919
RUSI/NM/241/2/3
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