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A page of hand drawn harbour signals.
A single page on harbour signals covering day signals and night signals with drawings and descriptions. (formerly SM/67)
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Object Details
ID:
SIG/A/23
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
circa. 1810
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Royal Navy: Sailing And Fighting Instructions (Manuscript)
'Instructions...' issued by James, Duke of York and Albany...Lord High Admiral of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1673. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/1)
'Instructions made by the Right Honourable Edward Russel, Admiral, In the Year, 1691....". (Manuscript) (SIG/A/2)
'Sailing and Fighting Instructions', issued to Captain Kirktowne by Sir George Rooke in the QUEEN at Spithead, 1695. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/3)
'Sailing and Fighting Instructions', ca.1695. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/4)
'Instructions for the better Ordering His Majesties Fleet in Sayling...Fighting', signed by Charles Sergison, 1689. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/5)
'Instructions for the better Ordering His Majesties Fleet in Sayling...Fighting', 1693. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/6)
'Sailing and Fighting Instructions....." issued by Edward Hawke in the ROYAL GEORGE at Spithead to Captain Langdon of HMS OCEAN, 23 June 1762. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/7)
'Instructions for the conduct of the Ships of War....', issued by Admiral Howe in the EAGLE, to Captain Cornthwaite Ommaney, Commander of HMS TARTAR, 13 June 1776. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/8)
'Sailing and Fighting instructions for His Majesty's fleet', ca.1780. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/9)
'Signals and Instructions in Addition to the General Printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions'. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/10)
'Signals and Instructions in Addition to the General Printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions', ca.1780. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/11)
Instructions issued by Sir George Rodney on board HMS FORMIDABLE to the Captain of HMS CANADA. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/12-13)
'Signal Book for the Ships of War', ca.1782. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/14)
Convoy signal book ca.1800. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/15)
Convoy signal book, with manuscript additions, contains a list of the convoy of vessels, 1803-1805. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/16)
'Instructions for the Conduct of the Ships of War, Explanatory of, and relative to, the Signals contained in the Signal-Book'. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/17)
Benjamin Thompson – Letter to Lord George Sackville Germain 20 July 1779 on signals. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/18)
Letter from Charles Hardy about signals, cruising station and redenezvous issue on HMS VICTORY. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/19)
Letters from James Boaz and John Lindsay 1804 to 1814. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/20)
Printed colour page of Signals of the World. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/21)
Letters from James Boaz 1804 to 1814. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/22)
A page of hand drawn harbour signals. (Manuscript) (SIG/A/23)
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