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Folios 257-259: Edward James Foote, HMS Niger at Sheerness. Requests that the Board...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1797/105

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This record is about the Folios 257-259: Edward James Foote, HMS Niger at Sheerness. Requests that the Board... dating from 1797 Apr 28 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 1/1797/105
Date
1797 Apr 28
Description

Folios 257-259: Edward James Foote, HMS Niger at Sheerness. Requests that the Board of Ordnance be directed to supply his ship with the new carronades (commonly called bell muzzle carronades) in place of the old denomination which at different times have nearly wounded several men by breaking their breechings, slides etc, though loaded with much less powder and by no means fired so often as they might have been.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap F108
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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