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Folios 533-534: Robert Murray, HMS Asia, Spithead. Reports that two of the troop...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2138/220
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This record is about the Folios 533-534: Robert Murray, HMS Asia, Spithead. Reports that two of the troop... dating from 1800 Nov 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 1/2138/220
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800 Nov 2
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Folios 533-534: Robert Murray, HMS Asia, Spithead. Reports that two of the troop transports he was escorting from Halifax, the Diamond and Duke of Kent, were captured by a French privateer from Bordeaux on 27 October, several days after parting company with the Asia in fog. Thinks it was the same privateer that attacked the Dick of Liverpool. The French put the Diamond's people on board the Duke of Kent and allowed her to proceed to Spithead. Encloses [not present] the French statement of the terms under which they released the one ship and the troops.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap M258
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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