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Folios 237-238: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advising that the...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2255/74

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This record is about the Folios 237-238: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advising that the... dating from 1803 Dec 20 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 1/2255/74
Date
1803 Dec 20
Description

Folios 237-238: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advising that the ship's copper is 'extremely foul with mussels and barnacles' and asking that she be permitted to go into dock for cleaning - he thinks one tide would be sufficient time so there would be no delay to her service.

Folio 239: enclosed with folios 237-238. Defects of the Melpomene, 20 December 1803. Signed by Joseph Speck, carpenter.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap O99
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12835544/

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