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Folios 120-121: Joshua Sydney Horton, HMS Fairy, [Madeira?] Reports the arrival of...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1921/46

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This record is about the Folios 120-121: Joshua Sydney Horton, HMS Fairy, [Madeira?] Reports the arrival of... dating from 1799 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 1/1921/46
Date
1799
Description

Folios 120-121: Joshua Sydney Horton, HMS Fairy, [Madeira?] Reports the arrival of his convoy on the 27th. States he has 40 prisoners on board and a reduced complement. Reports seizing a [Prossesion?] Brigg inbound from Tenerife to Bordeaux, on board were three English masters from West Indiamen. They were taken by La Moacha, a French privateer of 18 guns out of Bordeaux. He reports parting company with the Bonaventa but should she make Madeira he has left orders for her to proceed to England. He reports sighting HMS Unicorn off Madeira.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H 399
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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