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Letters of Agency from the crews of HMS ALFRED, BEDFORD, CUMBERLAND, DEFENCE, MONARCH and PEGASUS, appointing Messrs Pownell & Davies to act for them re the prizes taken in Sir G.B. Rodney's Relief of Gibraltar, January 1780. (Manuscript)
1780
RUSI/NM/111
Two tickets to admit Captain E. Rotheram to Lord Nelson's funeral at St Paul's and to take part in the procession, 9 January 1806 (Manuscript)
1806-01-09
RUSI/NM/216
Journal 1 January 1906-12 May 1908, HAMPSHIRE (Manuscript)
1906-01-01 - 1908 - 1912-31
RUSI/NM/241/1/4
Logbook of HMS TERRIBLE, 1 May 1756 - 28 June 1756; HMS MARLBOROUGH 25 July 1756-13 January 1757. (Manuscript)
1756-05-01 - 1757-01-13
RUSI/NM/38/2
Collingwood letters (i) to adm Sir Peter Parker, QUEEN, off Cadiz 1 November 1805 (ii) to Captain Tritton, VILLE DE PARIS 30 Dec 1809, Minorca (Manuscript)
1805-1809
RUSI/NM/214
Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); AMAZON, 23 Jun-27 November 1800 (Manuscript)
1800-1800
RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/7
A list of all her Majesty's ships and vessels, with the condition of each, Navy Office, 17 November 1710. (Manuscript)
1710-11-17
RUSI/NM/105
Photocopy of a document from Robert Blake authorising the payment of Captain John Lawson as Rear-Admiral and Commission, 30 July 1666, signed by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle, appointing John Blake captain of the HELMERSON (Manuscript)
1653-11-25 - 1666-07-30
RUSI/NM/150/9
Private journals and memoranda books of Lieutenant William Bryan Wyke, 1782-99. HMS GIBRALTAR, VILLE DE PARIS, THESEUS, VICTORY, PRINCE GEORGE, BOYNE. (Manuscript)
1782-1799
RUSI/NM/35
Papers of Philip Riou (1759-1817), Colonel, RA (Manuscript)
1759-1817
RUSI/NM/235/R/6
Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Miscellaneous computations from 1782-87 (Manuscript)
1782-1787
RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/4
Journal kept on board HMS AMAZON, 20 Dec 1757-23 Oct 1759, by Thomas Lawrie, West Indies (Manuscript)
1757-1759
RUSI/NM/148
Journal of a voyage from Sydney to Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands on board the MORAYSHIRE 1856 (Manuscript)
1856-1856
RUSI/NM/138
Logbook of HMS FOUDROYANT, 30 Oct 1803-31 Dec 1804, kept by Lieutenant Thomas Graves (Manuscript)
1803-1804
RUSI/NM/133
Logbook, HMS ALLIGATOR, Captain R.G. Lambert, 7 Oct 1834-24 Mar 1835; HMS ZEBRA, Captain R.C. McCrea, 25 March 1835-31 March 1836, kept by Mid Joseph Dayman (Manuscript)
1834-1836
RUSI/NM/130
Orders received on board HMS VALIANT, 19 July 1807-8 September 1808 (Manuscript)
1807-1808
RUSI/NM/123/A
Logbook of HMS MELPOMONE, 1 June 1803-18 May 1804 (Manuscript)
1803-1804
RUSI/NM/121
Three records consisting of memoire concernant les Prises sur Mer. With accompanying letter from Alex Ross to the Rt Hon Henry Pelham, 1753; an account of the ships of the enemy purchased and made part of the Royal Navy, 1747 and an conduct of the Admiralty, 1779-80 with a brief reference to Paul Jones (Manuscript)
1747-1783
RUSI/NM/109/B
Miscellaneous documents and letters, 18th and 19th centuries including Admiralty orders, warrant and letters from important people of the period, 30 May 1746-13 Dec 1831. See full list in printed catalogue (Manuscript)
1746-1831
RUSI/NM/219
Letter to Captain Staines and a letter to Nelson. (Manuscript)
1794-1805
RUSI/NM/213
Letters and papers relating to Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, 1776-1830; a pamphlet titled 'By an old Naval Officer', re breaking the line 12 April 1782 at the Saintes (Manuscript)
1776-1830
RUSI/NM/211
Two documents in Dutch on technical matters. One refers to torpedoes. Dated 1865 and 1866 (Manuscript)
1865-1866
RUSI/NM/250/1-2
Remarks of coasts and harbours with plans taken on board HMS EXPEDITION, on the Jamaica Station, Mar-June 1787, by William Rice. (Manuscript)
1787-1788
RUSI/NM/108
Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); DISCOVERY, 10 Feb 1776-30 Oct 1778 (Manuscript)
1776-1778
RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/1
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