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- Royal Navy
- 1 he was named was a distinguished captain in the Royal Navy. At the age of seventeen the younger James set to
- 2 What the Admiralty needed were civilian vessels - which were
- 3 members of a Hamilton group, quietly petitioned the Admiralty, advancing a strikingly similar scheme.33 The
- 4 for military duty immediately upon completion, the Admiralty was to pay £15,280 Halifax Currency for her.
- 5 and the balance, less depreciation, when and if the Admiralty required her.36
- 6 and to clarify the terms of the contract with the Admiralty. Initially there was some talk of having the
- 7 Time began to press heavily on the enterprise. The Admiralty's deadline for completion, already extended once,
- 8 Despite Sutherland's original agreement with the Admiralty, a commitment delegated to subsequent purchasers,
- 9 For a brief moment in 1866 the British Admiralty's investment in her was justified. Within a few
- 10 fortunate in the effect of the Oregon crisis on Admiralty expenditures. A few years later the only option
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This article originally appeared in Ontario History.
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