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Folios 59-60: Michael Halliday, HMS Leander, Mahon. Regarding orders from Lord Keith...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1922/26

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This record is about the Folios 59-60: Michael Halliday, HMS Leander, Mahon. Regarding orders from Lord Keith... dating from 1800 Jan 26 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 1/1922/26
Date
1800 Jan 26
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Folios 59-60: Michael Halliday, HMS Leander, Mahon. Regarding orders from Lord Keith to proceed to Corfu to take command of HMS Leander, but learning in Palermo from Lord Nelson that she had already sailed with the convoy under Captain Steven of HMS Chichester, he returned to Mahon where he found her safe but entirely stripped of stores, all glass smashed and bulk-heads and interior destroyed by the French; so he now is proceeding to Gibralter where he hopes to get her ready for service in 6 weeks to 2 months.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H28
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12815580/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1800, numbers 1-350. (Described at item level)

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