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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
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Folios 130-131: Charles Hamilton, HMS Melpomene, at Sea. The weather prevented him...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1920/61
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This record is about the Folios 130-131: Charles Hamilton, HMS Melpomene, at Sea. The weather prevented him... dating from 1799 Feb 14 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 1/1920/61
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799 Feb 14
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Folios 130-131: Charles Hamilton, HMS Melpomene, at Sea. The weather prevented him from reconnoitring Brest until 13 [February 1799]. Gives his position relative to the Point of Cameret. Reports the vessels he has seen but concludes no men of war have sailed during the easterly winds. This agrees with the information given him by Sir Edward Pellew.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap H72
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- English
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1799, numbers 1-350. (Described at item level)
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Folios 130-131: Charles Hamilton, HMS Melpomene, at Sea. The weather prevented him...
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