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Folios 131-132: George Parker, HMS Santa Margarita, Dublin Bay. Reports that he sailed...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2314/55

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This record is about the Folios 131-132: George Parker, HMS Santa Margarita, Dublin Bay. Reports that he sailed... dating from 1797 Mar 6 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 1/2314/55
Date
1797 Mar 6
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Folios 131-132: George Parker, HMS Santa Margarita, Dublin Bay. Reports that he sailed on 1 March 1797 with HMS Champion & HMS Orestes but finding that he did not gain ground and a Gale coming from the Southward, he was oblijed to return in order to prevent the Ships from being driven up the North Channel. On the first day of his sailing he dispatched Lieutenant [Thomas Dorsett] Birchall in the Ross Revenue Cutter last night with intelligence that the enemy had quitted the Coast. He has received orders from Vice Admiral Robert Kingsmill to proceed with the Convoy to Portsmouth which he willexecute at the first favourable opportunity.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P62
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12837476/

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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames P: 1797, numbers 1-150. (Described at item level)

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