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Catalogue description Admiralty: Office of the Controller of the Navy and successors: Ships' Books (Series II)
| Reference: | ADM 136 |
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| Title: | Admiralty: Office of the Controller of the Navy and successors: Ships' Books (Series II) |
| Description: |
These volumes consist of reports and other papers giving the history of the maintenance of a ship (hull, machinery and armament) from construction to disposal; in some cases details of complements are also given. This series of ships' books took the form of a loose-leaf album, and contains a selection of ships, mainly those of particular historical fame or of naval significance. |
| Date: | 1854-1962 |
| Arrangement: |
The ships' books in this series are arranged, as far as possible, in chronological order of date of launching. |
| Separated material: |
Many more books of this series have been deposited at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, a partial list of which is held by the Navy Listing Section, CS(RM) 1, Ministry of Defence. |
| 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, Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1860 |
| Physical description: | 50 volume(s) |
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