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Platt, John, (Fl.1780-1832) (Manuscript)
1784 - 1819
PLT/74-78
see item records.
Completed form, state and condition of HMS PRINCE OF WALES, July 1800, Adrain Renou Captain. (Manuscript)
1800
PLT/64
Completed form, state and condition of HMS PRINCE OF WALES, July 1800, Adrain Renou Captain.
Undated notebook covering sailing directions for Port Royal Harbour; latitudes of the Islands and Continent from Jamaica to the Bay of Honduras; list of men sent on board of prizes, 27th March 1793, sketch of ship; calculations and rules for working out longitudes and latitudes, 1785, 1789. (Manuscript)
circa 1785-1793
PLT/73/1
Undated notebook.…
Impressment orders for John Platt of his majesty's ship, Alligator, Thomas Affleck Esq Commander" (Manuscript)
1794-12-20
PLT/1/2
Impressment orders for "John Platt of his majesty's ship, Alligator, Thomas Affleck Esq Commander". Enclosure to logbook PLT/1/1
Quarter/watch bill 1794, HMS ALLIGATOR. (Manuscript)
1794
PLT/51/2
Quarter/watch bill 1794, HMS ALLIGATOR.
Logbook of HM Sloop PORTO, Thomas Lumley Commander, J. Platt, River Tagus - Madras Roads (Manuscript)
1780-07-25 - 1782-08-29
PLT/1/1
Logbook of HM Sloop PORTO, Thomas Lumley Commander, J. Platt, River Tagus - Madras Roads
A log of the proceedings on board His Majesty's Ship EAGLE, William Clark Esq Commander, commencing the 6th of February 1783 and ending the 20th of September 1783 kept by John Platt (Manuscript)
1783-02-06 - 1783-09-20
PLT/5/1
"A log of the proceedings on board His Majesty's Ship EAGLE, William Clark Esq Commander, commencing the 6th of February 1783 and ending the 20th of September 1783 kept by John Platt". Bombay Harbour - Madras Roads. Includes encounters with the French Fleet.
Two blank printed forms, for listing provisions onboard ship. (Manuscript)
PLT/65
Two blank printed forms, for listing provisions onboard ship.
A journal of the Oliba Spanish Schooner Privater Prize to His Majesty's Sloop PORTO, the Hon Tho. Lumley Commander, kept by J. Platt, Prize master, 1780 (Manuscript)
1780-11-25 - 1789-12-19
PLT/1/3
"A journal of the Oliba Spanish Schooner Privater Prize to His Majesty's Sloop PORTO, the Hon Tho. Lumley Commander, kept by J. Platt, Prize master, 1780". Enclosure to logbook PLA/1/1
Undated watch bill, HMS ALLIGATOR. (Manuscript)
1794
PLT/51/1
Undated watch bill, HMS ALLIGATOR.
Press warrant, empowering Captain William Affleck of HMS ALLIGATOR, to impress seamen, 20 Dec 1794. Also includes a paragraphs deputing John Platt, also of HMS ALLIGATOR to impress seamen, dated 3 January 1795. (Manuscript)
1794-12-20 - 1795-01-03
PLT/56
Press warrant, empowering Captain William Affleck of HMS ALLIGATOR, to impress seamen, 20 Dec 1794. Also includes a paragraphs deputing John Platt, also of HMS ALLIGATOR to impress seamen, dated 3 January 1795.
Various documents, circa 1783 (Manuscript)
circa 1783
PLT/70-72
See item records.
Miscellaneous material, includes extract from a logbbok titled: Remarks taken onboard HMS EAGLE from 15th Feb 1782 (Manuscript)
circa 1782
PLT/70
Miscellaneous material, already grouped together. Includes extract from a logbbok "Remarks taken onboard [HMS EAGLE] from 15th Feb 1782", which includes accounts of engagements, boarding enemy ships etc.
Notebook on gunnery and gunnery practice, HMS PENELOPE, Jamaica, 1793, signed Lieutenant J. Platt. (Manuscript)
1793
PLT/72
Notebook on gunnery and gunnery practice, HMS PENELOPE, Jamaica, 1793, signed Lieutenant J. Platt.
Incomplete logbook 21 Feb 1794 - 5 March 1794, HMS ALLIGATOR covering death of Captain William Affleck, Platt, 1st Lieutenant, sent to cruise off Cape Francoise, St Domingo, with the commande of the ALLIGATOR, until superseded by Captain Surredge. (Manuscript)
1794-02-21 - 1794-03-05
PLT/14
Incomplete logbook 21 Feb 1794 - 5 March 1794, HMS ALLIGATOR [?]. Records death of Captain William Affleck, 1 March 1794. Platt, 1st Lieutenant, sent to cruise off Cape Francoise, St Domingo, with the commande of the ALLIGATOR, until superseded by Captain Surredge.
Remarks HM Ship PRINCE OF WALES, Vice Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Martinique, July 20th 1799 (Manuscript)
1799-07-30 - 1800-01-24
PLT/15
"Remarks HM Ship PRINCE OF WALES, Vice Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Martinique, July 20th 1799"
Notebook kept onboard HMS FOUDROYANT, off Cadiz, 4 October 1800 includes details on army battles and an order of battle. (Manuscript)
1800-10-04
PLT/79
Notebook kept onboard HMS FOUDROYANT, off Cadiz, 4 October 1800. Includes details on army battles and an order of battle.…
ball card, drapers price list, manuscript extracts from books and sermons, list of contents of HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN sea chest (Manuscript)
PLT/80
Miscellaneous documents. Includes ball card, drapers price list, manuscript extracts from books and sermons, list of contents of R. Sov [HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN] sea chest [now held in NMM collection], which lists papers in this collection.
Paper cover with "No 18, 1768" written on outside, containing loose items, such as "dimensions of several ships in our navy", "on a late action in the West Indies, July 1782", "sea fencibles pay", document regarding Platt's promotions 1794. (Manuscript)
circa 1768-1794
PLT/81
Paper cover with "No 18, 1768" written on outside, containing loose items, such as "dimensions of several ships in our navy", "on a late action in the West Indies, July 1782", "sea fencibles pay", document regarding Platt's promotions 1794.
Miscellaneous loose leaf manuscript signals. 1782 - 1809 (Manuscript)
1782
PLT/43
Miscellaneous loose leaf manuscript signals.…
Printed "Night Signals and Instructions for the Conduct of Ships of War", 1793, signed John Platt HMS ALLIGATOR. (Manuscript)
1793
PLT/44
Printed "Night Signals and Instructions for the Conduct of Ships of War", 1793, signed John Platt HMS ALLIGATOR.
Undated printed volume of signals and instructions for ships under convoy. Includes hand-coloured flags and unrelated watercolours of landscape and ships. (Manuscript)
PLT/45
Undated printed volume of signals and instructions for ships under convoy. Includes hand-coloured flags and unrelated watercolours of landscape and ships.
Undated sailing instructions and signals by day and night for transports and ships under convoy, with hand-coloured flags and pendants. (Manuscript)
PLT/46
Undated sailing instructions and signals by day and night for transports and ships under convoy, with hand-coloured flags and pendants.
Undated printed signals made by ships of war having charge on convoys. Hand-coloured flags. (Manuscript)
PLT/47
Undated printed signals made by ships of war having charge on convoys. Hand-coloured flags.
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