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Catalogue description Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Comptroller of the Navy later Controller of the Navy: Reports, Estimates, Orders and other Papers Relating to Ship Building and Repairs
| Reference: | ADM 95 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Navy Board and Admiralty: Office of the Comptroller of the Navy later Controller of the Navy: Reports, Estimates, Orders and other Papers Relating to Ship Building and Repairs |
| Description: |
This series contains reports on the sailing qualities of ships; estimates and orders for shipbuilding and stores, etc; lists of ships built, repaired or building; and entries of warrants from the Navy Board, etc. |
| Date: | 1688-1959 |
| Arrangement: |
Foreign ship names beginning with El, La, Le, San, Santa, St etc are listed under their prefix. eg El Corso appears under 'El' rather than 'Corso'. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Admiralty, Controller of the Navy, 1860-1912 Board of Admiralty, Directorate of Naval Construction, 1913-1958 Board of Admiralty, Ship Department, Naval Construction Division, 1959-1964 Board of Admiralty, Steam Department, 1850-1869 Board of Admiralty, Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1860 Navy Board, Comptroller of the Navy, 1558-1832 |
| Physical description: | 108 files and volumes |
| Publication note: |
The source on which the standardisation of names is based is JJ Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy: an historical index, volume 1 (David and Charles, 1969). |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
Four supplementary finding aids (1: an index to pieces 23 to 62; 2: a list of possible ships' name variants; 3: reports etc; 4: a list of miscellaneous items) are available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for their precise location . |
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