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Folios 439-440: David Lloyd, HMS Termagant, Hull. Reports that on 28 December off...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2062/180
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This record is about the Folios 439-440: David Lloyd, HMS Termagant, Hull. Reports that on 28 December off... dating from 1797 Dec 30 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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- 1797 Dec 30
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Folios 439-440: David Lloyd, HMS Termagant, Hull. Reports that on 28 December off Spurn Point he captured the French privateer Le Victoire, which had previously taken two colliers and was in pursuit of an English merchantman when he caught her. Postscript. As soon as he has landed his prisoners he will resume his station.
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- Cap L243
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