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Folio 376: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, off Falmouth. He has just spoken...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2257/148
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This record is about the Folio 376: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, off Falmouth. He has just spoken... dating from 1805 June 3 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)
- 1805 June 3
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Folio 376: Robert Dudley Oliver, HMS Melpomene, off Falmouth. He has just spoken to Lieutenant Codd, HMS Liberty, from Gibraltar. He had received information that 2 French line of battle ships full of troops had sailed from Rochfort on 3 May. These are probably the ships referred to in his letter of 26 May 1805 mentioned by the Portuguese ship from Brazil.
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- Cap O45
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