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Folios 218-220: John Cooke, HMS Quebec, Spithead. Encloses Rear Admiral Bligh’s order...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1623/93

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This record is about the Folios 218-220: John Cooke, HMS Quebec, Spithead. Encloses Rear Admiral Bligh’s order... dating from 1797 Oct 15 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 1/1623/93
Date
1797 Oct 15
Description

Folios 218-220: John Cooke, HMS Quebec, Spithead. Encloses Rear Admiral Bligh’s order appointing Charles Fisher to act as HMS Quebec’s Boatswain.

Folio 220: enclosed with folios 218-220. Appointment dated 18 October 1796 by Rear Admiral Richard Rodney Bligh, Rear Admiral of the Red, HMS Brunswick, the Mole of St Domingo, by command Rear Admiral J. Griffith. Charles Fisher, Boatswain, HMS Leviathan forthwith appointed Boatswain of HMS Quebec.

Folio 221: blank.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C237
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12793008/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1797, numbers 151-339. (Described at item level)

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