A LIST OF THE FLAG-OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET: WITH THE DATES OF THEIR FIRST COMMISSIONS, AS ADMIRALS, VICE-ADMIRALS, REAR ADMIRALS, AND CAPTAINS.

[London]: 1793. Small Octavo, [10] pages, 26, 51 [-52-53] 54 leaves; VG-; bound in black paper boards, paper label to spine, chipping and wear, especially to tail of spine; some waviness to text block; first gathering partially detached;

Foliated sections are printed on versos only; rectos are printed blank. Includes lists for captains, masters, commanders and lieutenants. Most rectos for Masters and Commanders and Captains are hand-annotated in ink with marks identifying deaths or promotions, the versos marked with simple 'x's. The Admirals are printed on both rectos and versos with ink check marks and names crossed out. The Lieutenants are marked in pencil.

"General Nelson" in written in ink on the title page;

shelved case 9.

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NOTES

Horatio Nelson appears as a Captain with his seniority being 133rd and William Bligh appears as a Captain with his seniority being 440th.

All editions of this are scarce, do to their use on ships and the propensity of the owners to discard them when a new edition came out.;

ESTC: N505887;