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Extracts of letters 20 April 1803, Bombay (copy) to Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line.
Extracts of letters 20 April 1803, Bombay (copy) to Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line.
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ID:
MRK/105/11/53
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1803
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Admiral John Markham Admiralty Business correspondence and papers on Naval Stores: Timber and ship construction (Manuscript)
Mr Parkes, Whitaker Row, Chatham to Markham, observations on the upper decks of ships of War, have sent to General Bentham with no reply, and Sir Wm Rule (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/41)
Memo to my Lord, from Mr Parkes, on the upper decks of warships, enclosed in MRK/105/11/41 (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/42)
J Forbes, London, to Sir, on a recommendation to Lord Howe, on quality of French ships used as models for construction (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/43)
Memo with diagrams, on method for attacking the flotilla at Boulogne (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/44)
Report of experiment of 7 June 1799 with 18 pounder guns in the river Thames (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/45)
John Alhures Duke Street Westr, to Lord Sidmouth, on the supply of timber, enclosing a report (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/46)
Report, addresses to My Lord, on the supply of oak timber, on restricting timber for merchant ships, with calculations, on the value of teak for shipbuilding. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/47)
Appendices, giving lists of British ships drove on shore, 1 Sept 1803 to 1 June 1804, totaling 294, and 37382 tons; A List of vessels captured and ports carried into, 1 Sept 1803 to 1 June 1804, totaling 144 and 16878 tons; and a List of naval ships lost in the same period 14 and 10620 tons, (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/48)
Extract of political letters from Bombay concerning purchase of teak timber together with Extract of political consultations from Bombay 11th Feb, 22 Feb and 1st April 1803 from the commercial resident. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/49)
Bombay (copy) to Marquis Cornwallis and Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/50)
Extracts of letters 4 March 1803, Bombay (copy) to Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/51)
Extracts of letters 20 April 1803, Bombay (copy) to Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/52)
Extracts of letters 20 April 1803, Bombay (copy) to Thomas Troubridge, Admiralty re building of ships of the line. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/53)
Copy of the contract Mr Thomas Ritchie for supplying Riga masts etc. (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/54)
Copy of the contract wit Mr Isaac Solby for supplying Danzig goods (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/55)
Extract of a letter, concerning building of ships, availability of timber in India (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/56)
Joseph Tucker to Admiral Markham, Plymouth Yard, concerning timber, price of wood and contracts, with a list of contents of the box (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/57)
Tucker to Markham, covering note [to 32 above] regarding his opinion on Mr Bosquet’s invention (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/58)
Commissioner of the Navy letter, with copy of letter from Lionel Lukin, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, regarding his enquiry into the explosion of the building for seasoning timber a Woolwich yard, and a response of 20 January 1813 (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/59)
Woolwich Yard to Chas Cunningham, further observations on thepapers on the explosion (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/60)
Copy of the contract with Mr Forsyth for supplying American Masts etc. on 3 May 1805 (printed) (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/61)
Woolwich Yard to Chas Cunningham, (copy) further observations on the explosion (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/62)
Advert for Lieutenant Harriot’s Patent pump capstan (printed) on improving performance of discharge of water (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/63)
Plain instructions for ballasting ships and impact on sailing (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/64)
Memo, no dateMemo from Thomas Hamilton, Navy Board Commissioner, on giving the disadvantages of poop deck to a 3 decked ship (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/65)
Notes on the stability of Hibernia and Caledonia (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/66)
Notes on breadths of several ships (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/67)
Annotated Carpenter’s report of the rudder, on alterations made (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/68)
Observations on the rudder by the wardroom, including observation of Mr Trounsell, and ways to mend it (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/69)
Draft concerning dimensions of ships and ports as in the plans of Victory and San Joseph (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/70)
Duncan, Henslow, Osborne Markham, Navy Office to Captain Hamilton, Transport Office, on his drawing of 2 pumps, ordering a trial (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/71)
Memorandum, of Timber and building ships by contract, with numbers of ships launched by contractors between 1 January 1801 and 29 Feb 1804 (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/72)
Statement on being accused of pirating from the master boatbuilder of the yard on the statement on the bending of timber, are satisfied that the method is not similar to that proposed by Mr Hookey (Manuscript) (MRK/105/11/73)
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