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Folios: 479-480: Phipps Hornby, HMS Fame, off Minorca [Menorca]. Covering letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1941/177

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This record is about the Folios: 479-480: Phipps Hornby, HMS Fame, off Minorca [Menorca]. Covering letter... dating from 1810 Apr 4 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 1/1941/177
Date
1810 Apr 4
Description

Folios: 479-480: Phipps Hornby, HMS Fame, off Minorca [Menorca]. Covering letter for the enclosed copy of his acting order and request this be confirmed.

Folio 481: enclosure with folios 479-480. Letter dated 1 April 1810 by Phipps Hornby, HMS Fame, Port Mahon, to the Admiralty. Covering letter for the enclosed Order from Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and he request this be placed before the Admiralty.

Folio 482: enclosure with folios 479-480. Letter dated 31 March 1810 by Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood KB, HMS Centaur, Port Mahon, to Phipps Hornby, HMS Fame. Regarding the survey on Captain Bennet.

Folio 483: enclosure with folios 479-480. Letter dated 31 March 1810 by Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood KB, HMS Centaur, Port Mahon, to Phipps Hornby, HMS Minorca. Orders to be Acting Captain of HMS Fame until further notice. Due to Captain [Richard Henry Alexander] Bennet being surveyed and it being absolutely necessary for him to return to England to recover his health.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H239
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1810, numbers 4-250. (Described at item level)

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