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Folios 569-570: William Durban, HMS Ambuscade, Mother bank. Covering letter for the...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1726/228

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This record is about the Folios 569-570: William Durban, HMS Ambuscade, Mother bank. Covering letter for the... dating from 1804 Jan 13 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 1/1726/228
Date
1804 Jan 13
Description

Folios 569-570: William Durban, HMS Ambuscade, Mother bank. Covering letter for the enclosed Orders from the Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean to Commission HMS Ambuscade.

Folios 571-572: enclosures with folios 569-570. Order dated 5 October 1804 by the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson KB, Duke of Bronte in Sicily, Knight of the Grand Cross of St Ferdinand and of Merit Knight of the Order of the Crescent and of the Illustrious Order of St Joachim, Admiral and Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean, HMS Victory, Toulon, to William Durban, HMS Weazle. Order to commission HMS Ambuscade now in Gibraltar as a Post ship and for William Durban to be its Acting Captain.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap D297
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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