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Title: Royal Navy Service Record Help Please.
Post by: LottieD on Tuesday 22 August 17 18:13 BST (UK)

Hi folks, I'm not really clued up on service records and hope someone can just confirm that I am on the right track.

On this service record, the column headed "Ships' Names" lists each entry as "Pembroke", am I right in thinking that this is a Naval Base of sorts and not the actual vessel name as there is no mention of HMS Galatea, which I know he was aboard at the time of the 1871 census. 

The next column is headed "NO" which I assume is the ship number.  I have found a website for Mercantile Ships that allows me to enter the ship's number and it returns the ship name but can't seem to find one for Royal Navy Ships.  Does anyone know where I can get that information?

Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated.

Title: Re: Royal Navy Service Record Help Please.
Post by: Jebber on Tuesday 22 August 17 18:34 BST (UK)

HMS Pembroke the Royal Navy Barracks Chatham.

No  refers to the number in the ships book.

Others may have other ideas.

Title: Re: Royal Navy Service Record Help Please.
Post by: LottieD on Tuesday 22 August 17 18:52 BST (UK)

Thanks so much Jebber.