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Folio 204: William Robert Broughton, HMS Penelope, Yarmouth Roads. Not knowing when...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1530/118

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This record is about the Folio 204: William Robert Broughton, HMS Penelope, Yarmouth Roads. Not knowing when... dating from 1803 June 5 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 1/1530/118
Date
1803 June 5
Description

Folio 204: William Robert Broughton, HMS Penelope, Yarmouth Roads. Not knowing when to address my [Admiral] Lord Keith's [Sir George Keith Elphinstone [1st Viscount Keith)] he requests you will forward the enclosed letter. Reports having returned to these Roads from a cruise on the Coast of Holland without having seen any vessels belonging to the French or Batavian Republics. Advises that the provisions wanting to complete HMS Penelope have not yet arrived and that Mr Lewis the Contractor here, states he can only supply for immediate use. States that HMS Penelope is fit for sea but with only two days provisions of beef and bread.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap B767
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames B: 1803, nos. 651-1011. (Described at item level)

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