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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 282-283: Hugh Downman, HMS Diomede, Portsmouth Harbour. Expresses his disappointment...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1729/116
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This record is about the Folios 282-283: Hugh Downman, HMS Diomede, Portsmouth Harbour. Expresses his disappointment... dating from 1807 June 9 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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- 1807 June 9
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Folios 282-283: Hugh Downman, HMS Diomede, Portsmouth Harbour.
Expresses his disappointment at the order that the Diomede is to be paid off. He hopes that decision is not due his report [of damage?] when she was inshore. It was his duty to report honestly and he feels the ship could be got ready for sea in a month.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap D141
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- English
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Folios 282-283: Hugh Downman, HMS Diomede, Portsmouth Harbour. Expresses his disappointment...
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