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Offline ripperware

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Help with 1840s/1850s Royal Navy Service Record
« on: Tuesday 21 June 22 09:55 BST (UK) »
Can I please ask for some help with the "Reason for Discharge' column on this record. Does 'off' mean 'paid off'? If so, does this mean a sailor leaving one ship for another is paid by the ship rather than from some central administration? Does 'off' mean something completely different? I can read 'invalided' but what is the abbreviation below it, and what does it mean? Similarly, what is 'Mod' at the foot of the column and what does that mean?

Grateful thanks for any assistance.

Ken
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Re: Help with 1840s/1850s Royal Navy Service Record
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 21 June 22 12:56 BST (UK) »
Off can mean 'of' and since there are ships bracketed together it could be related to how many ships are covered, so 3 of those ships.