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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
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Folios 214-215: Charles Richardson, HMS Semiramis, Vigo. Encloses a copy of a letter...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2415/57
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This record is about the Folios 214-215: Charles Richardson, HMS Semiramis, Vigo. Encloses a copy of a letter... dating from 1810 Nov 11 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810 Nov 11
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Folios 214-215: Charles Richardson, HMS Semiramis, Vigo. Encloses a copy of a letter he has sent to Vice Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley, explaining why he directed HMS Persian's captain to depart from the orders he was given at Portsmouth by Admiral Sir Roger Curtis.
Folio 216: enclosed with folios 214-215. Copy of a letter from Captain Charles Richardson, HMS Semiramis, off Oporto, to Vice Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley. Explains that when HMS Persian arrived with a convoy for Oporto, his orders were to return directly to Portsmouth. He has varied those orders to direct the Persian to take the convoy intended for HMS Fervent to Vigo, complete his water, and then convoy them back to Portsmouth.
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- Cap R266
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- English
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames R: 1810, numbers 201-299. (Described at item level).
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Folios 214-215: Charles Richardson, HMS Semiramis, Vigo. Encloses a copy of a letter...
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