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Four letters, two from Collingwood, OCEAN, 12 Oct 1807, off Syracuse & 16 Oct 1807, at Malta; copy of Captain Shortland's orders 12 Oct 1807; one from Admiralty Office, 3 January 1815 re KCB awarded to Admiral Sir Graham Moore (Manuscript)
1807-1815
RUSI/NM/91/A
Papers including a notebook on Naval Gunnery 1843 and principal positions of the Evolution Squadron under Lord Hood, 1792. (Manuscript)
1843
RUSI/NM/134
A confidential report addressed to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, respecting the Baltic fleet and the state of the defences at Kronstadt, Revel etc, 1 Oct 1853 (Manuscript)
1853-10-01
RUSI/NM/86/28
Battle account in Spanish - Brief relation of the battle between the Spanish and English Squadrons 14 Feb 1797 (Manuscript)
1797-02-14
RUSI/NM/86/20
Book of forms and precedents for certificates, passing accounts etc, c.1780` (Manuscript)
1780
RUSI/NM/86/16
Number and weight of copper sheets, nails, pintles etc, used in coppering the bottom of HMS BEDFORD of 74 guns, at Plymouth dockyard, with cost of work and materials, 7 May 1779 (Manuscript)
1779-05-07
RUSI/NM/86/15
Large poster, 'Britannia Triumphant', giving details of the victory of Trafalgar, 1805 (Manuscript)
1805
RUSI/NM/209
A scheme for taking Altitudes at Sea without the help of the Horizon, 1773 (Manuscript)
1773
RUSI/NM/86/14
Facsimile of a document showing the signatures of the English commanders against the Armada, 1588 (Manuscript)
1588
RUSI/NM/207
Letter from Sir William Beatty, Nelson's surgeon at Trafalgar 19 Oct 1826 (Manuscript)
1826-10-19
RUSI/NM/228
Pay sheet, Woolwich Ordinary, Midsummer quarter, 1636 (Manuscript)
1636
RUSI/NM/86/4
Logbook of Mid T W Burt for Steam Frigate ASSAYE and CONSTANCE (Manuscript)
1856-01-01 - 1857-10-04
RUSI/NM/142/1
Diary of Dorothy Riou (d.1855) wife of Col Lyde Brown and daughter of Dorothy and Stephen, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/235/R/7
Papers of Colonel Lyde Brown, 21st Regt, d.1803, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/235/R/8
Papers relating to Matthew Riou, d.1727 (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/235/R/2
Journal of a voyage across the continent of New Spain, from St. Blas in the Northern Pacific Ocean to La Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico, by Lieutenant William Robert Broughton, 1793. (Manuscript)
1793
RUSI/NM/132/2
Printed table of the length, weight etc of guns and carronades, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/252
List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. (Manuscript)
1795-1807
RUSI/NM/63
A list of His Majesty's Ships and Sloops that are Gunn'd agreable to the Establishment in 1746, and the Irregular Ships, Sloops and Yachts, that are not Gunn'd to that establishment, n.d. (Manuscript)
RUSI/NM/6
Logbook of T W Burt on HMS AJDAHA, HMS ASSAYE, HM Sloop FALKLAND. Includes two diagrams of HCSF AUCKLAND. (Manuscript)
1860-01-08 - 1860-10-03
RUSI/NM/142/4
Logbook of T W Burt for HC Sloop CLIVE, HM Steam Frigate AUCKLAND, HM Steamer LADY CANNING, HMS AJDAHA. (Manuscript)
1858-10-14 - 1860-01-07
RUSI/NM/142/3
Logbook kept by T W Burt for CONSTANCE, HC Sloop of War CLIVE, HC Schooner GEORGIANA. (Manuscript)
1857-10-05 - 1858-10-13
RUSI/NM/142/2
papers of the Benson family, circa 1790-1885. (Manuscript)
circa 1790-1885
RUSI/NM/235/R/9/1
General instructions to be observed by the Commanders of HM Ships, last entry 1683 (Manuscript)
1683
RUSI/NM/135
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