R.U.S.I. Papers at the National Maritime Museum
List of Royal United Service Institution Naval Manuscripts in the possession of the National Maritime Museum.
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Seamanship; a dialogue between volunteers, containing account of ship's complement, officers, duties of crew, etc, 1742.
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A list of His Majesty's Ships and Sloops that are Gunn'd agreable to the Establishment in 1746, and the Irregular Ships, Sloops and Yachts, that are not Gunn'd to that establishment, n.d.
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A list of His Majesty's armed vessels upon the Canadian Lakes, River St Lawrence and Provincial Service, 1780.
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A list of His Majesty's Royal Navy, giving Rate, Dimensions, Tons, Number of Men and Guns, and when and where built, 1772.
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Port Orders for the River Thames, issued by Rear-Adm Sir Charles Hamilton, C-in-C of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Thames, 1811.
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Private journals and memoranda books of Lt William Bryan Wyke, 1782-99. HMS GIBRALTAR, VILLE DE PARIS, THESEUS, VICTORY, PRINCE GEORGE, BOYNE.
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Private journals and memoranda books of Lt William Bryan Wyke, 1782-99. HMS GIBRALTAR, VILLE DE PARIS, THESEUS, VICTORY, PRINCE GEORGE, BOYNE.
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Logbook of HMS TERRIBLE, 10 May 1755-28 Jun 1756; HMS MARLBOROUGH 25 Jul 1755-13 Jan 1757.
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A list of ships of the Royal Navy, c.1775-1871, including specific details of each ship - dimensions, number of guns, number of men, rigging etc; dimensions of the rebel frigate HANDCOCK now called the IRIS.
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Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty by Mr John Fryer, Master of the Ships, n.d.
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Standing and general orders, issued by Adm Earl St Vincent, VICTORY, VILLE DE PARIS, 21 Nov 1795-26 Jul 1799.
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List of the ships of the Royal Navy including specific details - dimensions, number of guns etc, 1798.
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Estimates of the Charge of Building and Equipping for sea a ship of each class, with the amount of wages to the officers and seamen, with proportion of stores allowed for each ship, for Channel and Foreign Service, 1786.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns, from 16th Century to 19th Century. 1665-1864.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. 1765-1793.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. 1795-1807.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. 1808-1816.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. 1817-1830.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. Diagram of the comparative stability of bodies. List of surveyors of the Navy, July 1660 to June 1859. Account of the numbers of steam vessels of European and American states. Account of the numbers of steam vessels belonging to the British Empire, 1814-1838. Approximate list of vessels belonging to the Mercantile Steam Marine of the United Kingdom and dependencies, end of 1838. Account of total number of steam vessels belonging to the United Kingdom classed by horse power. List of ships and vessels launched and ports launched from, list of ships taken to pieces, list of ships sold, list of ships lost, 1st January 1832 to 1845. Account of the quantity of ship building timber, thickstaff and plank in store on the 31st of December of each year 1770-1838. Account of the tonnage of the Navy and the number of shipwrights in the dock yards 1702-1844. A list of the number of workmen at the several dock yards on the 1st of January 1805-1844. List of ship hull costs.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. List steam vessels on the lakes of Canada. Lists of Mail Steam Packets at British ports. Lists of Coal depots, Receiving ships, Mortar vessels, Powder ships, Convict ships, Thames Police vessels, Purchased vessels, Seamen's hospitals, Marine Society ships, Church ships, Coast Guard vessels. Lists of Lighters at British ports. Lists of victualling vessels at British ports.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns, listed by ship class or number of decks. Lists of Transports, Purchased Paddle Wheel vessels, Mail Steam Packets at British ports, Lazarettos, Surveying vessels,Store ships, Coal depots, Receiving ships, Convict ships, Thames Police vessels, Seamen's Hospitals, Marine Society vessels, Church ships, Coast Guard vessels, Lighters at British ports and Victualling ships at British ports.
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List of Steam and Sailing ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. Lists of Transports, Purchased Paddle Wheel vessels, Mail Steam Packets at British ports, Lazarettos, Bomb vessels, Surveying vessels, Store ships, Coal depots, Receiving ships, Convict ships, Ships lent and employed, Coast Guard vessels, Lighters at British ports and Victualling ships at British ports. ca. 1850.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. Lists of Steam vessels on the lakes in Canada, Mail Steam Packets at British ports, Lazarettos, Store ships, Troop ships, Coal depots, Receiving ships, Convict ships, Thames Police vessels, Seamen's Hospitals, Marine Society vessels, Church ships, Coast Guard vessels, Lighters at British ports and Victualling ships at British ports. ca. 1850.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy with their dimensions, when and where they were built and number of guns. Lists of Surveying vessels, Troop ships, Store ships, Coal depots, Receiving ships, Lazarettos, Convict ships, Thames Police vessels, Seamen's Hospitals, Marine Society vessels, Church ships, Coast Guard vessels, Vessels fitted for Arctic service, Steam vessels on the lakes in Canada, Lighters at British ports and Victualling ships at British ports and British controlled ports overseas. ca. 1854.
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List of ships controlled by the American, Danish, Egyptian (dated 12th of February 1841 from the Times Paper ), French (dated 1843), Russian (listed first in the Baltic in July 1836, then the Black Sea in October 1841), Spanish (December 1849) and Turkish (dated 1st of October 1841) navies. Descriptions include dimensions, number of guns, when and where they were built. ca. 1849.
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Index to General Naval Instructions for 1803.
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An alphabetical register of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, 1804, including dimensions etc.
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List of ships of the Royal Navy including dimensions etc, 1812, corrected up to June 1825.
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Report of Committee on working of heavy pivot guns in steam vessels. The Committee sat at Portsmouth on board HMS EXCELLENT, 1847. See full list in printed catalogue for names of participating officers.
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Description of a model of a frigate with three sliding keels, suggested by Capt Schank to the Duke of Northumberland, n.d.
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Bearings and distances of the West India Islands by the magnetic compass with directions for sailing from Jamaica through the windward passage, directions for running down the trades to the Spanish Main and a description of Ratan, n.d.
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Nautical hints and necessary alterations and improvements, n.d.
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Pay sheet, Woolwich Ordinary, Midsummer quarter, 1636.
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An account of the total wages earned upon several ships and works in Deptford Dockyard, 1 Jan 1668-31 March 1669.
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Memo from the Navy Office to William Sheldon, Clerk of the Cheque of Woolwich Dockyard, in regard to a ship of the 2nd Rate to be built at that yard, 14 Oct 1662, signatures include Peter Pett.
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Warrant from the Navy Office to the Clerk of the Cheque of Woolwich Dockyard, requiring the names and ranks of all officers, seamen and boys, serving in the dockyard or ships, with amount of pay due, 30 Jul 1668, signatures include Samuel Pepys.
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Memo from the Navy Office to the Clerk of the Cheque, Woolwich Dockyard, requiring a return of each officer's service from 1 Sep 1664 up to date. 17 Oct 1668, signatures include Sir William Penn and Samuel Pepys.
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Memo from the Navy Office to the Clerk of the Cheque, Woolwich Dockyard, re the suspension of certain officers for absence from their ships, 3 Nov 1668, signatures include Sir William Penn and Samuel Pepys.
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Warrant issued from the Navy Office under instructions from HRH Duke of York, Lord High Admiral, to Clerk of the Cheque and other officers of Woolwich Dockyard re certain work to be carried out on board the Royal Yacht KATHERINE AND ANNE, 5 Dec 1668, signatures include Sir William Penn and Samuel Pepys.
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Petition of Robert Radcliffe, shipwright to the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, that his pay may be continued, while under the Surgeon's hands for an injury to his left hand, while working at Woolwich Dockyard, 19 Mar 1669.
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Warrant from the commissioners of HM Navy addressed to the officers at Woolwich Dockyard and Ropeyard re certain emoluments and perquisites enjoyed by the officers of the Yard, 1 Apr 1695, signatures include Peter Pett.
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Memo from the Navy to the Clerk of the Cheque of Woolwich Dockyard - Order from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty directing him to put the ships company of the SEVERN on the pay roll, 11 Nov 1695, signatures include Sir Cloudisley Shovell.
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A scheme for taking Altitudes at Sea without the help of the Horizon, 1773.
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Number and weight of copper sheets, nails, pintles etc, used in coppering the bottom of HMS BEDFORD of 74 guns, at Plymouth dockyard, with cost of work and materials, 7 May 1779.
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Book of forms and precedents for certificates, passing accounts etc, c.1780.
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An account of the proceedings of the British fleet, consisting of thirty-six sail of the line, in an action with the French fleet, commanded by the Comte de Grasse off Dominica and Guadaloupe 9-12 Apr 1782.
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Order from Adm Hugh Pigot, directing Capt Graves, HMS BEDFORD, to place himself under his orders. Dated from the FORMIDABLE, at Port Royal, 13 Jul 1782.
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Standing orders, regulations and instructions, issued by Capt Thomas Graves on board HMS MAGICIENNE, 7 Sep 1782.
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Battle account in Spanish - Brief relation of the battle between the Spanish and English Squadrons, composed of twenty-five and fifteen ships respectively without counting the number of frigates, on account of these being absent from this affair, 14 Feb 1797.
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Letter from Adm Sir Charles Knowles to Capt Thomas Graves, No.4 Vigo Lane, 7 Apr 1798, forwarding a copy of his signal book.
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Private letter from Adm Earl St Vincent (written by his secretary B. E. Tucker), VILLE DE PARIS, 12 Jun 1800, to Capt Thomas Graves, HMS CUMBERLAND, respecting two men of that ship, Lee and Armstrong.
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Copy of logbook, HMS POLYPHEMUS, 31 Aug-6 Oct 1801.
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Information received respecting the strength of the French Fleet in Brest, 8 Feb-7 Aug 1803. Reports of reconnaissances by various officers made to Rear-Adm Sir Thomas Graves.
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Letter from Lt Richard Bourne commanding the armed Schooner FELIX, to Capt P Campbell of the DORIS reporting his having fallen in with a squadron of the enemy, dated Quiberon Bay 13 Jan 1805.
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Information obtained by Lt H S Jones of HMS DORIS, from an American Schooner,15 Jan 1805.
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Remarks kept on board HMS CANOPUS, 28 Aug 1806-4 Dec 1811, by Daniel Daly.
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A confidential report addressed to the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, respecting the Baltic fleet and the state of the defences at Kronstadt, Revel etc, 1 Oct 1853.
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Memos and orders of Adm, Earl St Vincent, when in command of the Channel Fleet, 25 Apr 1800-3 Jan 1801.
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A catalogue of all the Flag Officers of the several fleets since 1660. HRH, the Duke of York, Lord High Adm of England, 1690. (This book belonged to the Duke of Clarence later William IV and bears his autograph signature with the date against it, 13 Apr 1788).
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A schedule of some of the principal books and papers which may be required in the management of a Naval Armament with the necessary forms, c.1796.
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Sailing directions for coast of North America, c.1760.
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Orders from the Commissioners of the Admiralty, to the Admirals, ninety manuscripts, 18 Mar 1692-27 Sep 1693.
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Letters from the Commissioners of the Admiralty to the three Admirals, the joint Commanders of the Fleet, forty-six manuscripts, 10 Apr 1693-25 Sep 1693.
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Queen Mary's letters and orders to the joint Admirals, thirty-four manuscripts, 4 Apr 1693-29 Sep 1693.
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Proceedings of the Councils of War held by the Joint Admirals of the Grand Fleet, 1603. See full list in printe catalogue.
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A list of all her Majesty's ships and vessels, with the condition of each, Navy Office, 17 Nov 1710.
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Sailing and fighting instructions with signals for HM Fleet, issued by Adm Byron, 1778-82.
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(1) A list of the Captains who have served in command on HM Ships since the Revolution in 1688. Corrected up to Oct 1715, (belonged to King William IV); (2) A general list of the Captains of HM Fleet with dates of their first Commissions, 1713.
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A manuscript of Navigation with Treatises on Astronomy, perspective, tides, surveying, fortification, laws of motion and gunnery. Illustrated with maps, plans, diagrams, by Thomas Cornewall, 1746.
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Remarks of coasts and harbours with plans taken on board HMS EXPEDITION, on the Jamaica Station, Mar-Jun 1787, by William Rice. Includes a sketch of the Jury Rudder, 24-30 Mar 1788 (belonged to King William IV).
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Journal 15 Jan 1898-15 Jan 1900 as midshipman on HMS PRINCE GEORGE, CRESCENT, ROYAL SOVEREIGN, HOOD and HUSSAR.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Journal 16 Jan 1900-17 Jul 1901 as midshipman on ROYAL SOVEREIGN.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Journal 5 Dec 1902-5 Mar 1904 as Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant on HANNIBAL (a few entries for 1901).
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Journal 1 Jan 1906-12 May 1908, HAMPSHIRE.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Journal 1 Apr-4 Jun 1919, FOX.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Commander's Orderbook, 9 Aug 1915-4 Jan 1917.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Captain's Orderbook, 20 May-1 Dec 1918.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Night Orderbook, 26 Jul-23 Oct 1918, ATTENTIVE; 27 Apr-6 Oct 1919, FOX.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Correspondence, Dvina Relief Force Memorial and Dinner, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on Seamanship, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on Pilotage, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on Service Chemistry, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Gunnery Notebook 1902.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Hydraulic Notebook 1904.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on strength of materials & theory of external ballistics 1904.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on gunnery theory, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on mining & night attacks 1900-10.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook of gunnery notes 1907-11.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook HMS LORD NELSON, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on navigation, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook on technical drawing, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Notebook of indexed references, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Commander's orderbook for a Mediterranean battleship by Cdr Sir R K Arbuthnot, 1900.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Station and Fire Bill, 1907.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Visit of Colonial Premiers and the Houses of Parliament to Portsmouth, May 1907.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Useful information for Naval Officers and price list of gentlemen's outfitting of superior quality, Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Ltd, n.d.
NOT AVAILABLE TO ORDER- PLEASE CONTACT STAFF.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: 'Bolos & Barishynas' privately printed account of North Dvina camp, summer 1919.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: The Fortnightly Review, July 1926, containing an article by Capt Atham on the Administration of the Fighting Services.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: The soldier's English-French conversation book, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: The soldier's English-Russian conversation book, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Repel torpedo attack (annotated by hand), n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Orders for the officer of the watch in harbour, 1908.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Orders for the officer of the watch at sea, 1908.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Orders for the officer of divisions, 1908.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Action, n.d.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Captain's standing orders, 1908.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: HMS LORD NELSON, Detail book, 1908.
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Papers of Capt Edward Altham: Box of photographs, North Russia and one gavel marked HMS BORODINO, n.d.
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