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Folios 168-169: Tristram Roberts Ricketts, HMS Megaera, Torbay. Following orders...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2404/67

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This record is about the Folios 168-169: Tristram Roberts Ricketts, HMS Megaera, Torbay. Following orders... dating from 1801 Feb 24 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 1/2404/67
Date
1801 Feb 24
Description

Folios 168-169: Tristram Roberts Ricketts, HMS Megaera, Torbay. Following orders from VA Thornborough, he proceeded with dispatches to Quiberon and was directed to return to join the channel fleet. He cruised between [?] and the Lizard without meeting the fleet he put into Torbay because of the weather. He will deliver the despatches to the commander in chief via the senior officer in the bay.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap R85
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20071006/

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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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