Orders issued by the Duke of York 1661–1668

[Waldemar]

 

Библиотека Российской академии наук (БАН) (rasl.ru)

 

 

Most, if not all of them, have a character of standing orders for the fleet (duties, procedures, food allowances, wages etc.).

 

 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Waldemar

[Martes]

What a find!

 

The language is very official and lively at the same time. I wonder if he really spoke like that.

Edited February 5, 2023 by Martes

[Waldemar]

 

After all, it's higher society and official documents! But it's probably like today: only lawyers speak in the language of legal acts, and even then in more formal circumstances.

 

When Eugen (@greenstone) showed these wonderful Dimensions of Ships on the forum and at the same time pointed out the source of this document (the library), all to be done was to follow up and look through all the digitised documents of the period there...

 

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by Waldemar

[greenstone]

  On 2/4/2023 at 10:52 AM, Waldemar said:

 

Библиотека Российской академии наук (БАН) (rasl.ru)

 

 

Most, if not all of them, have a character of standing orders for the fleet (duties, procedures, food allowances, wages etc.).

 

 

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Waldemar, You beat me to it😁

I was just planning to inform the public about this document.

 

[greenstone]

  On 2/5/2023 at 6:03 PM, Waldemar said:

 

..., all to be done was to follow up and look through all the digitised documents of the period there...

 

 

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Unfortunately, not all documents have been digitized or posted on the library's website.

[Waldemar]

 

  On 2/6/2023 at 7:29 AM, greenstone said:

Waldemar, You beat me to it😁

I was just planning to inform the public about this document.

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Eugen, please accept my sincerest apologies. But maybe there are some other relevant documents? I promise I would not interfere anymore...

 

🙂

 

 

[Waldemar]

 

  On 2/6/2023 at 7:37 AM, greenstone said:

Unfortunately, not all documents have been digitized or posted on the library's website.

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Perhaps you are in a position to change that...? At least for documents on maritime matters.

 

 

[greenstone]

It is very good that there is an opportunity to exchange information that is available in archives and libraries of different countries.

I am sure this will allow us to get a full understanding of all the issues.

 

There is a lot of information about the Royal Navy in the archives of Russia.

Many documents have not been scanned and thousands of pages with useful information for us have not even been read by anyone over the past few centuries.

Researchers will have many discoveries

I hope so.

 

Eugen

[greenstone]

  On 2/6/2023 at 7:37 AM, Waldemar said:

 

 

Eugen, please accept my sincerest apologies. But maybe there are some other relevant documents? I promise I would not interfere anymore...

 

🙂

 

 

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It was a joke!😉

 

I am glad that you took the initiative and started the search on your own.

Go on!!!!

Information should be useful, not a dead weight.

[Martes]

The state of the French Navy, July 1st, 1691

 

Another absolutely incredible document, listing all the ships, the organization and the officers of the French Navy down to midshipmen.

Written in Russian, but otherwise very easily readable.

[Martes]

Album of drawings of cannons and mortars

 

Mostly mortars, but I spotted at least one naval gun

[Waldemar]

 

  On 2/6/2023 at 8:31 AM, Martes said:

The state of the French Navy, July 1st, 1691

 

Another absolutely incredible document, listing all the ships, the organization and the officers of the French Navy down to midshipmen.

Written in Russian, but otherwise very easily readable.

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Martes, this is just another gem! You should definitely move it to a separate thread with an appropriate title so that it is more visible and searchable. What do you think?

 

 

 

[Martes]

  On 2/6/2023 at 8:49 AM, Waldemar said:

You should definitely move it to a separate thread with an appropriate title so that it is more visible and searchable. What do you think?

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Done!

 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33925-the-state-of-the-french-navy-july-1st-1691/

[Waldemar]

 

  On 2/6/2023 at 8:46 AM, Martes said:

Album of drawings of cannons and mortars

 

Mostly mortars, but I spotted at least one naval gun

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I also found this one on the Russian Academy of Sciences library website. And it is again such a unique album that it probably also deserves a separate thread.

 

 

[Martes]

Browsing the same folder, I saw two very interesting documents relating to Sweden (naval articles and a general report on the country) and a book on French naval signals (all for 1690s), but they are written in more elaborate and dense font and are slightly more difficult to read.

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[Martes]

Eugen @greenstone, I can't express enough thanks for pointing us to those documents.

[Martes]

  On 2/6/2023 at 8:54 AM, Waldemar said:

probably also deserves a separate thread.

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And that's done as well.

 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33926-album-of-drawings-of-cannons-and-mortars-from-archive-of-peter-the-great/