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Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates...

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Reference ADM 107
Title Navy Board: Royal Navy Passing Certificates, Examination Results, and Certificates of Service
Date 1691-1848
Description

These records consist chiefly of formal certificates, either originals or copies, recording the fact of candidates for Lieutenant's commissions having passed the necessary professional examination at the Navy Board. Certificates of those passing overseas are not included. The certificates give a summary of each candidate's services to date, and the originals are sometimes accompanied by baptismal certificates.

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Physical description 75 volume(s)
Publication note

For a name index to ADM 107/1-63, see B Pappalardo, "Royal Navy Lieutenants' passing certificates, 1691-1902" (List and Index Society, volumes 289-290, 2001), which is available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.