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Folios 547-548: William Pryce Cumby, HMS Hyperio, Spithead. In the present dearth...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1662/180

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This record is about the Folios 547-548: William Pryce Cumby, HMS Hyperio, Spithead. In the present dearth... dating from 1812 May 6 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 1/1662/180
Date
1812 May 6
Description

Folios 547-548: William Pryce Cumby, HMS Hyperio, Spithead. In the present dearth of good Boatswains represents (prior to his leaving England) that Joseph Shaw now on the Cheque of Portsmouth Yard having been invalided at Jamaica from HMS Polyphemus, served as Boatswain with him in that ship about two years. Captain [Augustus Leveson] Gower is very desirous of getting him into HMS Elizabeth but there is some difficulty as his only on the Cheque and not holding any appointment to a ship.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C222
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1812, numbers 1-250. (Described at item level)

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