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Folios 575-576: John Davies, HMS Otter, Bridlington Bay, Coast of Yorkshire. Reports...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1727/209

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This record is about the Folios 575-576: John Davies, HMS Otter, Bridlington Bay, Coast of Yorkshire. Reports... dating from 1805 June 25 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 1/1727/209
Date
1805 June 25
Description

Folios 575-576: John Davies, HMS Otter, Bridlington Bay, Coast of Yorkshire. Reports anchoring the previous evening to set up the rigging. Reports impressing seven men on 15 June 1805 out of the cruiser Privateer of London and outlines his reasons for doing this. Requests permission to occasionally set out to sea to fall in with the Greenland ships on their return as they board their unprotected men on the coast. Adds that he found at anchor the ? and Vixen Gun Brigs and Swift Cutter.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap D248
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12804223/

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