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- Record Id:
- 040-004533888
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004329557
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100180448792.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89622/1
- Title:
- Naval correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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1. Letter signed by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, to the Portsmouth commissioners, ordering nine or ten bolts of duck canvas and a hundredweight of sewing twine; Triumph, 2 July 1703.
2. Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney's orders for 'Night Parole at Sea' for March 1780 to February 1781, written by his Secretary Reverend William Pagett, signed by Admiral Rodney, Commander-in-Chief, St Lucia, aboard HMS Sandwich, Gros Islet Bay, St Lucia, issued to Captain Graves [Sir Thomas Graves] of HMS Savage; mounted with a steel engraving of Rodney, 29 March 1780.
3. Sir George Brydges Rodney's written and signed instructions for the voyage from Jamaica to England, issued to his son Captain John Rodney, Commander of the 64-gun ship HMS Anson; August 1782.
4. Francis Gerald St John's sketch of a fitting of his own invention, designed to prevent fouling in the barrel of the QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss gun, caused by firing with the aiming tube; undated [1900?].
5. Typewritten letter sent to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, for communication to HMS Marathon, stating that the fitting designed by Lieutenant [Francis] G. St John has been used successfully by the Captain of HMS Excellent, and that the Navy has decided to adopt the device; Admiralty, 3 August 1900.
6. Autograph 'Orders for Capt [Francis Gerald] St John', signed by H. F. Oliver [Sir Henry Francis Oliver], Chief of Naval Staff, directing St John to escort George V to France ('...Take a guard of picked men... and proceed to Dover... You are to proceed on board Brighton with your guard and are to be responsible for His Majesty the King's safety until he lands in France... The closest secrecy is essential...'); with a correction initialled by Oliver in the margin, Admiralty (blind stamp), 28 November 1914.
7. Letter headed 'Secret & Personal' directing Captain [Francis Gerald] St John to escort George V ('...the distinguished passenger...') on his return journey from France to England; Admiralty (blind stamp), 2 December [1914].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004329557
040-004533888 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89622 : Naval log books and journals
Add MS 89622/1 : Naval correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-004329557[0001]/040-004533888
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89622
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1703
- End Date:
- 1914
- Date Range:
- 2 Jul 1703-2 Dec 1914
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Some staining and browning.
- Appraisal:
- Arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1865-1936
Graves, Thomas, Knight, naval officer, c 1747-1814
Oliver, Henry Francis, Knight, naval officer, 1865-1965
Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, naval officer, d 1792
Rodney, John, naval officer and politician, 1765-1847
Shovell, Cloudesley, Knight, naval officer, 1650-1707