National Archives anyone?

[ubuysa]

Does anyone by any chance ever visit the National Archives at Kew? I have a real need to establish the actual movements of a Royal Navy survey ship called HMS Spitfire between May 1851 and May 1853 by checking the ship's log books. I have the reference numbers of all the relevant log books and can explain what information I need from them. If anyone is able to help and would be interested in some real research please get in touch. It's for a free e-book I'm writing, so there will be no material gain for me from this information.

I would do it myself of course, I've done a fair bit of research at the National Archives myself in the past, but I live on the Greek island of Crete now so it's not possible.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Does anyone by any chance ever visit the National Archives at Kew? I have a real need to establish the actual movements of a Royal Navy survey ship called HMS Spitfire between May 1851 and May 1853 by checking the ship's log books. I have the reference numbers of all the relevant log books and can explain what information I need from them. If anyone is able to help and would be interested in some real research please get in touch. It's for a free e-book I'm writing, so there will be no material gain for me from this information.

I would do it myself of course, I've done a fair bit of research at the National Archives myself in the past, but I live on the Greek island of Crete now so it's not possible.

They have a website where it’s all digitised:

Search results: Hms spitfire | The National Archives

The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone.

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

[ubuysa]

They have a website where it’s all digitised:

Search results: Hms spitfire | The National Archives

The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone.

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

No it's not. I've already been down that road. Not all records are digitised yet and these log books aren't. In any case, those records aren't the logbooks themselves.

Thanks for the effort though. [emoji3]


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