Record revealed
Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today.
Item
Folios 307-308: John M'Kerlie, HMS Calliope, off New Wark [Neuwerk]. Reply to letter...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2173/94
What’s it about?
This record is about the Folios 307-308: John M'Kerlie, HMS Calliope, off New Wark [Neuwerk]. Reply to letter... dating from 1813 June 2 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 1/2173/94
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1813 June 2
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Folios 307-308: John M'Kerlie, HMS Calliope, off New Wark [Neuwerk]. Reply to letter dated 26 May 1813 brought here by HMS Princess of Wales Cutter, Lieutenant Southcote [John Southcott]. In compliance he dispatched HMS Urgent, HMS Blazer and HMS Wrangler to cruise from three to five leagues North of the Island of Schelling, copy of the orders he gave to Captain George Bentham he encloses. Likewise he received Mr Barrow's letter dated 25 May 1813 and have given directions to Lieutenant [Josiah] Dornford of HMS Thresher to proceed to Wingo Sound with the William and Ann and the Ladies Adventure transports and to give convoy also to the trade who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunity.
Folios 309-310: enclosure with folios 307-308. Letter dated 3 June 1813 by John M'Kerlie, HMS Calliope, off New Wark, to George Bentham, HMS Urgent. Orders to proceed to Heligoland with HMS Blazer and order HMS Wrangler - Lieutenant Crawford who is lying there to join him and then to proceed to the Island of Schelling and cruise. Mentions Admiral William Young.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap M339
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12831798/
Series information
ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,475,049 records
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
139,244 records
Within the series: ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
137 records
Within the piece: ADM 1/2173
Letters from Captains, Surnames M; 1813, numbers 203-400. (Described at item level)
You are currently looking at the item: ADM 1/2173/94
Folios 307-308: John M'Kerlie, HMS Calliope, off New Wark [Neuwerk]. Reply to letter...
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Focus on
The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century. -
Focus on
Blood in the Wear: The Sunderland Sailors' Strike and the North Sands Massacre of August 1825
Records of a coroner’s inquest on the body of the sailor Thomas Aird reveal details of a little-known seamen’s strike that was brutally suppressed.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.