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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-01 ADM/A/1781/3
Application has been made by Mary Swarton, widow of John Swarton a Midshipman in the PRINCESS ANN hired ship, praying their Majesties' Bounty for the loss of her husband, alleged to have been in command on shore at Guadalupe in the West Indies when killed by enemy shot.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-02-06 ADM/A/1781/40
You are directed to have allowances made of their Majesties' Bounty to the widows and relatives of men who were slain in the HAPPY RETURN in a fight with the French, notwithstanding that their Captain has not signed their certificate.…
Pamphlets, circa 1920-1929. (Manuscript) circa 1920-1929 MSY/6/6/1/2
Printed pamphlets and leaflets published by The Navy League, circa 1920-1929. They include diagrams showing the decline in British naval tonnage, a lecture ‘The Freedom of the Seas’ delivered by Admiral Sir Richard Webb, and a report of The Navy League Overseas Relief Fund 1916-1929.
Photographs, circa 1885-1890. (Manuscript) circa 1885-1890 THU/6
Photographs taken by Thursfield, mainly in the form of circular images mounted on card, processed from roll film used in a Kodak box camera.…
Invitation cards and menus, 1884-1903. (Manuscript) 1884-1903 THU/5/1
Invitation cards and menus from various dinners attended by Thursfield in the period between 1884 and 1903, some with added signatures. They include an invitation to attend a reception for Rear-Admiral William T.…
Papers relating to Thursfield's appointments, 1907-1919. (Manuscript) 1907-1919 THU/115/1
Papers relating to Thursfield’s appointments in the period from 1907 to 1919.…
Letters from family and friends, 1903. (Manuscript) 1903 THU/4/2/4
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, concerning their son Henry G. Thursfield undergoing treatment for typhoid fever at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, dated between 10 January 1903 and 13 February 1903.
Letters from family and friends, 1898. (Manuscript) 1898 THU/4/2/3
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, dated between 12 April 1898 and 6 August 1898. They send congratulations following the publishing of the passing out list from HMS BRITANNIA, in which their son Henry G. Thursfield gained first place.
Letters from family and friends, 1896-1897. (Manuscript) 1896-1897 THU/4/2/1
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, received in December 1896 and January 1897. They send congratulations after their son Henry G. Thursfield had passed examinations for a cadetship so that he could enter HMS BRITANNIA in January 1897. They include letters from Vice-Admiral John A.…
Letters and printed papers, 1904-1911. (Manuscript) 1904-1911 THU/2/3
Admiralty documents including: Naval Necessities Vol III - August 1906; Baddley report on a visit to USA re naval ed - December 1904; Henderson report re the Naval Force of the Commonwealth 1911; Miscellaneous prints, March 1906; War Plans Part I.…
Letters and printed papers, 1902-1903. (Manuscript) 1902-1903 THU/2/1
Admiralty documents 1902-03. Mostly prints on the new education scheme.…
Personal correspondence, 1923-1955. (Manuscript) 1923-1955 THU/116/2
Personal correspondence, mainly letters received by Thursfield, in the period from 1923 to 1955:…
Personal correspondence, 1898-1919. (Manuscript) 1898-1919 THU/116/1
Personal correspondence, mainly letters received by Thursfield from other officers, in the period from 1898 to 1919:…
Letters of recommendation, 1898-1917. (Manuscript) 1898-1917 THU/114/3
Folder of letters (‘flimsies’) from senior officers confirming details of Thursfield’s service and character, relating to his appointments from midshipman through to the rank of commander, in the period from 1898 to 1917.
Journal kept by John Richard Alexander on HMS HIBERNIA, 1845-1846. (Manuscript) 1845-1846 AXR/102/2
Notebook containing (part one) of a journal kept by Alexander on HMS HIBERNIA (1804), flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker on the Mediterranean station. It covers the period 20 July 1845 to 18 December 1846.
Journal kept by John Richard Alexander on HMS HIBERNIA, 1846-1848. (Manuscript) 1846-1848 AXR/102/3
Notebook containing (part two) of a journal kept by Alexander on HMS HIBERNIA (1804), flagship of Vice-Admiral William Parker on the Mediterranean station. It covers the period 18 December 1846 to 18 April 1848.…
Journal kept by John Richard Alexander on HMS SUPERB, 1850-1851. (Manuscript) 1850-1851 AXR/102/4
Notebook containing a journal kept by Alexander between 22 April 1850 and 15 January 1851. It starts with the departure of HMS SUPERB (1842) from Plymouth to take up station in the Mediterranean and includes references to fatal cases of cholera on the same vessel during an epidemic in Malta.…
Journal kept in the TRANSIT, experimental vessel, 1801. (Manuscript) 1801 JOD/74/1
Journal kept by Captain Richard Hall Gower in the TRANSIT, experimental vessel, 1801, see appendix for more detail.
Lecture notes for Staff College, Greenwich, 1936 and Damage Control Course, 1943. (Manuscript) 1936-1943 BEL/151
Lecture notes, Staff College, 1936, Greenwich, complete notes and precis; Damage Control Course, 1943, precis notes.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1691-01-02 ADM/A/1771/3
Re: your recent representation of the failures of several Commanders (whose Ships were recently paid off) to follow Admiralty instructions.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-25 ADM/A/1784/253
Urgently requiring the Commissioners for Victualling to be instructed to reach agreement with the Commissioners for Transportation, or the Masters of the Transport ships, for feeding the Watermen manning the Shallops round to Portsmouth
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-03-18 ADM/A/1782/166
Officers in the Fleet have notified the Admiralty that certain Seamen and Watermen are claiming Protection from being pressed. The Admiralty asks for a list of all persons who have been granted Protection showing the date granted and the duration of Protection.…
Autographs. (Manuscript) FIE/55
Autographs, comprising two sheets of paper with autographed names including Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick W. Richards, Sir William H.M. Christie and Arthur R. Hinks.