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ADM 106. Navy Board records [textual record (microform)]

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Date:

1763-1832.

Reference:

MG12-ADM106

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105253

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Admiralty fonds

ADM 106. Navy Board records
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Date(s):

1763-1832.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 microfilm reels : negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Admiralty 106 comprises 3,577 volumes and bundles of documents recording the activities of the Navy Board between 1658 and 1837. The National Archives has copied excerpts from two Navy Board series, In-Letters, and Miscellenea. This material is located on microfilm reels B-1001 to B-1009 and B-1461.

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Great Britain. Admiralty. Navy Board

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Great Britain. Admiralty. Navy Board : The origin of the Navy Board can be traced to the constitution in 1546 of a group of Officers of Marine Causes who were responsible, under the governance of the Lord Admiral, for the civil administration of the Navy. Until 1832 the Navy Board and the Admiralty shared the major tasks of directing and administering the Navy. Over the years there were fluctuations in their relative status and some changes in their roles, but basically the Admiralty was responsible for policy and strategy and fighting personnel while the Navy Board was concerned with questions of materiel, non-fighting personnel, and civil administration in general.

The Navy Board was responsible for building, fitting, maintaining, and repairing the ships, which were the backbone of the Navy. It had no authority over other subordinate boards such as the Victualling, Transport, and Medical Boards. If its members wished to communicate with other government departments, such as the Ordnance Office, which looked after the Navy's ordnance requirements, they had to express their wishes through the Admiralty Board. The Navy Board was finally abolished in 1832 when its responsibilities for the civil administration of the Navy were assumed by the Admiralty Board through special departments created for that purpose.

For a brief summary of the administration of the Royal Navy, researchers are advised to refer to General Inventory, Manuscripts, vol. II, Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada 1976, "Introduction [to] MG 12 Admiralty-London", 105 to 120.

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Textual records (Paper) Finding Aid 90 is a microfilm shelf list. MSS0090 (90: Open)
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Navies - Great Britain, 1763-1764, 1790-1832 Robert Barrie, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Great Britain. Navy - History, 1763-1764, 1790-1832 Isle aux Noix, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers, 1790-1832 Montreal (Quebec), [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Naval officers - Great Britain, 1790-1832 Grand River, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Great Britain. Navy - Storekeepers, 1763-1764 Penetanguishene, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Naval stores, 1763-1764, 1790-1832 Quebec (Quebec), [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Great Britain. Royal Navy - Supplies and stores, 1763-1764, 1790-1832 Quebec (Quebec). Office of Commissary General, [1763-1764/1790-1832]

Military supplies - Great Britain, 1763-1764, 1790-1832

Halifax (N.S.) - Navy-yards and naval st ations, 1790-1832, 1794

Navy-yards and naval stations, British - North America, 1763-1764, 1790-1832

Kingston (Ont.) - Navy-yards and naval stations, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Naval establishments - North America, 1763-1764, 1790-1832

Naval vessels - Construction, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Ships - Maintenance and repair, [1763-1764, 1790-1832]

Shipbuilding - Great Britain, ]1763-1764, 1790-1832]
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MG12-ADM106
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 90] 13--14

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1001--B-1009;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1461;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1461B;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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