Examples of Commissioned Officers within Black Books

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 12/27A - Commissioned Officers (and Warrant Officers) Court martial convictions 1810 to 1816

 

This volume is alphabetically and chronologically indexed.

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Name:

William Buckle

Rank:

Lieutenant

Ship:

Leonidas

Date:

23 March 1811

Charges:

Behaving to his Captain in a Disrespectful + contemptuous manner

Sentence:

Dismifsed His Majesty’s Naval Service

 

 

Name:

John George Nops

Rank:

Lieutenant

Ship:

Hardy G.V.

Date:

11 Sepr 1810

Charges:

Wasteful expenditure of Stores, bearing men open on the Muster Book who were absent without leave, + behaving at different times in a scandalous + fraudulent manner

Sentence:

Dismifsed the Command of the Vefsel, placed at the bottom of the List, and Mulcted of six months Pay

 

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 12/27D - Commissioned Officers (and Warrant Officers) 1807 to 1815

 

These ledgers are arranged according to rank and chronologically.

 

p.11

 

Lieut Edward C.L. Carter, of the Zebra Bomb, for having been guilty of drunkennefs on the evening of the 17th June, when commanding officer of the ship, then at single anchor: dismissed from the ship and put at the bottom of the List of Lieutenants of His Majesty’s Navy. Vide Court Martial dated 6 July 1807

 

 

ADM 11/27-29 - Mates and Midshipmen 1830-1848

 

This is a succession book and is indexed internally at the front.

 

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 11/49 - Captains and Engineers 1835-1842

 

The Black Book is only incidental to this, as this too is a succession book. It is alphabetically indexed at the front.

 

 

Source: PRO: ADM 6/445 - Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants 1846-72

 

The black book entries appear to be only bits and pieces at the back of this and this is full of scribblings of all sorts!

 

 

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