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Folios 249-250: Joseph Oliver, HMS Ariel, Little Nore. At the ship's first fitting...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2258/100

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This record is about the Folios 249-250: Joseph Oliver, HMS Ariel, Little Nore. At the ship's first fitting... dating from 1807 Dec 1 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 1/2258/100
Date
1807 Dec 1
Description

Folios 249-250: Joseph Oliver, HMS Ariel, Little Nore. At the ship's first fitting out at Chatham, carronades were supplied with the non-recoil principles. The Gunner has found problems with water collecting in the chock and these have become unfit for service and in bad weather the powder gets wet. The Captain has applied to the Storekeeper at Yarmouth for new breechings, but there were none in the stores. He is hoping to obtain guns at Little Nore, fitted on the recoil principal

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap O9
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12835980/

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