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Folios 402-403: George Harris, HMS Belle Poule, Spithead. Covering letter for the...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1949/157

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This record is about the Folios 402-403: George Harris, HMS Belle Poule, Spithead. Covering letter for the... dating from 1814 June 22 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 1/1949/157
Date
1814 June 22
Description

Folios 402-403: George Harris, HMS Belle Poule, Spithead. Covering letter for the enclosed statement of servitude to him of a deserving Petty Officer. He reports that in January last his Scull was severely fractured by the spanker boom topping life Block giving way and falling upon him which renders him totally unfit for active service and hope that he may be invalided and sent for survey at Haslar Hospital.

Folio 404: enclosure with folios 402-403. George Harris, HMS Belle Poule. Statement of servitude of John Dennet. [Mentions:-] HMS Hine [HMS Hind], HMS La Lutine [HMS Lutine], HMS Bellette [HMS Belette], HMS Windsor Castle, HMS Britannia, HMS Snake, HMS L'Aigle [HMS Aigle] and then being made Boatswain on HMS Belle Poule.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H221
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1814, numbers 1-250. (Described at item level)

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