'Sailing and Fighting Instructions....." issued by Edward Hawke in the ROYAL GEORGE at Spithead to Captain Langdon of HMS OCEAN, 23 June 1762.

'Sailing and Fighting Instructions for His Majesty's Fleet', finely illustrated with the signals shown in their position and with additional manuscript instructions, issued by Edward Hawke in the ROYAL GEORGE at Spithead to Captain Langdon of HMS OCEAN, 23 June 1762.

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ID:	SIG/A/7
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1762-01-01 - ?; 1762-06-23
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)

'Sailing and Fighting Instructions....." issued by Edward Hawke in the ROYAL GEORGE at Spithead to Captain Langdon of HMS OCEAN, 23 June 1762.

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