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Folios 524-525: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Reports that he has sent...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2694/193

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This record is about the Folios 524-525: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Reports that he has sent... dating from 1803 Sept 23 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 1/2694/193
Date
1803 Sept 23
Description

Folios 524-525: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Reports that he has sent Henry Senfield to the Infirmary for fits and was sent onto the Nore to be invalided. Senfield has been returned to the ship but is unfit for service. Asks for directions for the man. There is a small Revenue vessel there but tender to a vessel building at Cowes. He asks for her to left with the Excise as she is so useful raising men along the coast and looking for smugglers. Mr. Melville, her Master is very competent.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W242
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1803, numbers 2-250. (Described at item level)

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Folios 524-525: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Reports that he has sent...

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