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Folios 258-259: George Countess, HMS Ethalion, Guernsey Roads. Is sending his letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1625/121

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This record is about the Folios 258-259: George Countess, HMS Ethalion, Guernsey Roads. Is sending his letter... dating from 1798 Apr 20 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 1/1625/121
Date
1798 Apr 20
Description

Folios 258-259: George Countess, HMS Ethalion, Guernsey Roads. Is sending his letter with Commander Richard Runwa Bowyer of HMS Cameleon, who is escorting a convoy. Reports that yesterday the brig HMS Seaflower, Lieutenant James Murray, hit a rock and lost her rudder, so that she will probably have to go into the Pier for her bottom to be examined. Encloses [no longer present] a statement of her condition.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C333
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12793458/

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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1798, numbers 221-401. (Described at item level)

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Folios 258-259: George Countess, HMS Ethalion, Guernsey Roads. Is sending his letter...

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