Collection GB 0064 WQB - Royal Navy: Ship Administration

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0064 WQB

Title

Royal Navy: Ship Administration

Date(s)

  • [1784]-1934 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3ft: 91cm

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

GB 0064 WQB [1784]-1934 Collection 3ft: 91cm Royal Navy

The volumes in this class consist of fifty-one watch, station and quarter bills, late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and order books relating to the administration of ships of the Royal Navy. The earliest is an order book of Prince William Henry (1745-1837) in the PEGASUS and ANDROMEDA, 1786 to 1788. The majority of the watch, station and quarter bills date from 1830 to 1860. Some are working pocket books while others are decorative fair copies. An example of the latter is the watch and fire bill of the ISIS, CORNWALLIS and PRESIDENT, 1836; included are ships; plans, instructions for gun exercises, boat signals and copies of orders. The most recent volume is the night order book of the SHROPSHIRE, 1931 to 1934.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

2010-08-26 HMS Pegasus HMS Andromeda William Henry , 1743-1805 , Prince , Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Royal Navy Naval affairs Naval administration Transport Vehicles Ships HMS Isis HMS Cornwallis HMS President HMS Shropshire Military affairs Military science Social sciences

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The volumes in this class consist of fifty-one watch, station and quarter bills, late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and order books relating to the administration of ships of the Royal Navy. The earliest is an order book of Prince William Henry (1745-1837) in the PEGASUS and ANDROMEDA, 1786 to 1788. The majority of the watch, station and quarter bills date from 1830 to 1860. Some are working pocket books while others are decorative fair copies. An example of the latter is the watch and fire bill of the ISIS, CORNWALLIS and PRESIDENT, 1836; included are ships; plans, instructions for gun exercises, boat signals and copies of orders. The most recent volume is the night order book of the SHROPSHIRE, 1931 to 1934.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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Conditions governing reproduction

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Finding aids

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Access points

Subject access points

Description control area

Institution identifier

National Maritime Museum

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Language(s)

  • English