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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 240-241: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advises that the Shannon...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2255/75
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This record is about the Folios 240-241: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advises that the Shannon... 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803 Dec 20
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Folios 240-241: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advises that the Shannon has been completely destroyed by fire and refers to the boats of the sloop HMS Merlin, which ship had been sent to look around Cape Barfleur because the Shannon had gone missing following a gale. He had seen the remains of the Shannon the previous morning, still burning.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap O100
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames O: 1803, numbers 1-150. (Described at item level)
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Folios 240-241: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, Spithead. Advises that the Shannon...
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