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Folios 232-233: Lewis Robertson, HMS Alarm, Carrick Fergus Bay. Reports anchoring...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2396/104

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This record is about the Folios 232-233: Lewis Robertson, HMS Alarm, Carrick Fergus Bay. Reports anchoring... dating from 1793 Oct 2 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 1/2396/104
Date
1793 Oct 2
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Folios 232-233: Lewis Robertson, HMS Alarm, Carrick Fergus Bay. Reports anchoring at Carrick Fergus due to poor weather which split the main topsail. Makes several suggestions concerning the rendezvous points for convoys from Newry at Dublin instead of Belfast. Also mentions that HMS Alarm is short of drinking water and proposes to get some.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap R111
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