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Folios 57-58: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Plymouth. Reports that HMS Fisgard...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2136/26

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This record is about the Folios 57-58: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Plymouth. Reports that HMS Fisgard... dating from 1798 Dec 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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ADM 1/2136/26
Date
1798 Dec 3
Description

Folios 57-58: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Plymouth. Reports that HMS Fisgard is 33 men short of complement but otherwise ready for sea. Asks for the ship's complement be increased as its masts and yards are nearly equal to a 64 gun ship and consequently very difficult to work.

Folio 58A: enclosure with folios 57-58. An account of HMS Fisgard's masts and yards indicating their length and diameters.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M230
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19191219/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames M: 1798, numbers 201-386. (Described at item level)

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Folios 57-58: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Plymouth. Reports that HMS Fisgard...

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