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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-26
ADM/A/1836/249
cover sheet to doc 248
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-27
ADM/A/1836/259
cover sheet to doc 258
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-26
ADM/A/1836/257
cover sheet to doc 256
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-26
ADM/A/1836/255
cover sheet to doc 254
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
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ADM/A/1836/253
cover sheet to doc 252
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-26
ADM/A/1836/251
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-14
ADM/A/1836/289
cover sheet to doc 288
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-30
ADM/A/1836/285
cover sheet to doc 285
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-30
ADM/A/1836/283
cover sheet to doc 282
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-27
ADM/A/1836/297
cover sheet to doc 296
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-30
ADM/A/1836/295
cover sheet to doc 294
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-30
ADM/A/1836/293
cover sheet to doc 292
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-18
ADM/A/1836/269
Petition of James Ardescrife to His Majesty, requesting that he be permitted to try out his invention for protecting His Majesty's ships from the biting of worms at much less cost than the usual manner of doing this. Signed James Ardescrife.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-28
ADM/A/1836/265
cover sheet to doc 264
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-28
ADM/A/1836/263
cover sheet to doc 262
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-27
ADM/A/1836/261
cover sheet to doc 260
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-29
ADM/A/1836/277
cover sheet to docs 274 and 275
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-19
ADM/A/1836/275
List of defects of WARSPITE since her last sailing from Spithead on 13 November, reported by the Carpenter Edward Bishop.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-28
ADM/A/1836/271
cover sheet to doc 268 and 269
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-24
ADM/A/1836/325
cover sheet to doc 324
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-27
ADM/A/1836/323
cover sheet to doc 322
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-30
ADM/A/1836/331
cover sheet to doc 330
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-10-31
ADM/A/1836/339
cover sheet to doc 338
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1836/308
Inventory and appraisal of the ST LEWIS lying at Portsmouth. [Detailed inventory listed]. Date not given. Author not given.
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