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Folios 241-242: George Bowen, HMS Canada, Cove, Cork. Has received a packet of letters...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1511/135

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This record is about the Folios 241-242: George Bowen, HMS Canada, Cove, Cork. Has received a packet of letters... dating from 1795 Nov 27 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 1/1511/135
Date
1795 Nov 27
Description

Folios 241-242: George Bowen, HMS Canada, Cove, Cork. Has received a packet of letters concerning the Court Martial applied for by Captain Edward Tyrrell Smith of HMS Abergavenny and directions to apply to Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill, Commander-in-Chief at Cork for a survey on Lieutenant Rowland Phillips of HMS Dictator and encloses a letter from John Perry, shipbuilder of Blackwall confirming the opinion of the seaworthiness of HMS Grampus.

Folio 243: enclosure in folios 241-242. Copy of a letter dated 26 November 1795 from John Edward Virling of Cove. At the wish of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill, Commander-in-Chief at Cork, did survey and encloses a report on HMS Grampus, Captain John Williamson, by Shipwrights and the Carpenters Wilson and Taylor from HMS Malabar and HMS Dictator.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap B482
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames B: 1795, nos. 351-721. (Described at item level)

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Folios 241-242: George Bowen, HMS Canada, Cove, Cork. Has received a packet of letters...

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