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Phillips Cosby, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, on the signal for the return of the guard (Manuscript
1786
MRK/100/2/151
Diary kept by William Swaffield Bailey as a midshipman on HMS
SPHINX
, 1856-1857 (Manuscript)
1856-12-15 - 1857-03-15
JOD/155/2
John Lovelace, At Malaga, to the purser of the
Sphinx
, exchange rate for dollars, prices of raisins,
1784
MRK/100/2/183
Phillips Cosby HMS Trusty to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, order to fill up columns in the muster and pay books
1786
MRK/100/2/156
Mr Hodson, Naval Yard Gibraltar to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, requesting an order for the purchase of stores
1786
MRK/100/2/158
Phillips Cosby, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, orders to remain in Gibraltar Bay, and to take HMS
1786
MRK/100/2/155
Admiralty order to Markham, Captain of HMS
Sphinx
at Spithead, to take his ship to Woolwich to be paid
1786
MRK/100/2/176
Kantsou Lisbon, to Markham, at South Audley Street, on a report of the shooting of the Captain of the
Sphinx
1786
MRK/108/4/8
Commodore Phillips Cosby, HMS Trusty, Gibraltar Bay, to Captain John Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, on signals
1786
MRK/100/2/149
List of supplies and cost for HMS
Sphinx
, Captain Markham, totalling £15.1.0 at rate of 37d per dollar
1784
MRK/100/2/187
Commodore Cosby HMS Trusty, to Markham HMS
Sphinx
, to go to England with remittances should the merchants
1786
MRK/100/2/169
Navy Office to Markham HMS
Sphinx
, Gibraltar on receipt of his letter of 30 May regarding a pay ticket
1785
MRK/100/2/135
Diary kept by William Swaffield Bailey as a midshipman on HMS VALOROUS and HMS
SPHINX
, 1855-1856 (Manuscript
1855-10-01 - 1856-12-13
JOD/155/1
Phillips Cosby, Cin C Mediterranean, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, to take on board 9 men with
1786
MRK/100/2/173
Phillips Cosby Cinc Mediterranean, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, to take a discharged soldier Wm
1786
MRK/100/2/174
Captain Otway, Kingfisher, Gibraltar Bay, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, requesting stragling money as payment
1786
MRK/100/2/164
Phillips Cosby, CinC Mediterranean, HMS Trusty to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, To proceed to Lisbon, to protect
1786
MRK/100/2/168
CinC Mediterranean, HMS Trusty to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
with orders for his purser to complete provisions
1786
MRK/100/2/171
Markham,
Sphinx
, Gibraltar Bay, to his father, called on by Dr Stevens, Chaplain of the Ganges, details
1783
MRK/107/1/19
Cin C Mediterranean, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, to give 4 men from HMS Trusty a passage to England
1786
MRK/100/2/172
Philip Cosby, CinC Mediterranean, Trusty in Gibraltar Bay, to Markham, Commander of HMS
Sphinx
, directing
1786
MRK/100/1/27
Captain Blankett, HMS Thetis, Naples Bay to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
at Leghorn, with orders to sail to Barcelona
1785
MRK/100/2/138
Commodore Cosby, HMS Trusty, to Markham, HMS
Sphinx
, respecting the plague, that no man should board
1786
MRK/100/2/167
Lovelace, Malaga, to Markham, on board
Sphinx
, on the supply of oranges and lemons, times to send boats
1784
MRK/100/2/182
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