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Report of the Court Martial on the loss of HMS SERPENT, November 1890
Report of the Court Martial on the loss of HMS SERPENT, November 1890
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Object details
ID:
ACO/4/15
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Admiralty Compass Observatory
Date made:
1890
Credit:
© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
1 folder
Parts:
Compass Department - N Series, 1870-1980 (Manuscript)
Papers relating to Sir William Thomson's Compass, 1870-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/1)
Dygograms compiled by W. W. Rundell (former secretary, Liverpool Compass Committee), 1889 for HMS POLYPHEMUS, HMS CURLEW and HMS DREADNOUGHT (Manuscript) (ACO/4/2)
Papers and Reports relating to Magnetic Observations on various voyages including by HMS CHALLENGER, HMS ALERT and HMS DISCOVERY, 1873-1881 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/3)
Computations of the Values of "P" and "C" for various vessels, 1846-1885 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/4)
Captain Creaks' Correspondence and Comments, 1884- 1893 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/5)
Collected papers on the trials of the improved liquid compass, 1888-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/6)
Original Drafts of Minutes by the Hydrographers and Superintendent of Compasses, 1889- 1898 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/7)
Various Papers including experiments with dynamos, methods of lighting compasses, trails with search lights and notes by the Hydrographer and Sperintendent of Compasses, 1888-1898 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/8)
Details of various inventions and a Magnetic Survey carried out on HMS HAWKE, 1891-1902 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/9)
Various Papers and Correspondence re the Piechl Corrector, 1877-1902 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/10)
Compass Cards - A proposal to change to 0-360 degrees, 1900 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/11)
Inclining Experiments for Heeling Error, conducted by Captain Creak on various ships, 1891-1905 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/12)
New Boats Compasses, Competition results and trials, 1890-1891 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/13)
Draft Papers to the RUSI, 1889-1899 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/14)
Report of the Court Martial on the loss of HMS SERPENT, November 1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/15)
Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings of Compasses on Compass Positions in HM Ships, 1889- 1906 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/16)
A miscellaneous collection of important papers on various compass and magnetic subjects, 1906-1910 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/17)
Various Compass Trials involving HMS LION and HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, 1912-1913 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/18)
Miscellaneous items of correspondence concerning the deviations of the compass, 1865, 1869 and 1870 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/19)
Addendum to M. Arsons Book on the Mariners Compass Compensation, 1871 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/20)
Foreign Papers on Compass Correction, Compass Compensation ETC., 1884-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/21)
Various Articles, Reports and Correspondence relating to Gyro-Compasses, 1913-1949 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/22)
Various Papers realtign to the `S.G. Brown Affaird', 193-1927 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/23)
The "S. G. Brown Affair", Copies of the S. G. Brown "House" magazine, 1926-31, which refer to the firms patent case against Sperry, the Admiralty Enquiry under Admiral Philpott and the Royal Commission on awards to inventors. (Manuscript) (ACO/4/24)
Trials of the Brown Gyro- Compass in HMS ADVENTURE and HMS ARLESFORD, 1931 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/25)
Patents relating to Gyro-compasses, 1915-1937 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/26)
Manuscript (ACO/4/27)
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/28)
Manuscript (ACO/4/29)
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/30)
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