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Folios 50-51: Patrick Campbell, HMS Dart, Texel. Had experimented with his non recoil...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1626/25

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This record is about the Folios 50-51: Patrick Campbell, HMS Dart, Texel. Had experimented with his non recoil... dating from 1799 Oct 19 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 1/1626/25
Date
1799 Oct 19
Description

Folios 50-51: Patrick Campbell, HMS Dart, Texel. Had experimented with his non recoil guns for rapid fire and found they are much better than the others.

Folios 52-53: enclosure with folios 50-51. Letter dated 13 October 1799 by F Grant, Gunner, HMS Dart off Medinblick. His views on the non recoil carronades.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C25
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12793552/

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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: 1799, numbers 1-240. (Described at item level)

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