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Folios 296-297: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off Port Mahon. Enclosing a copy of his...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2404/99

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This record is about the Folios 296-297: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off Port Mahon. Enclosing a copy of his... dating from 1801 Jan 22 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 1/2404/99
Date
1801 Jan 22
Description

Folios 296-297: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off Port Mahon. Enclosing a copy of his letter to Manley Dixon, HMS Genereux stating the capture of the French corvette La Sanz Pareille.

Folios 298-299: Enclosure with folios 296-297. Letter dated 22 January 1801 from Thomas Dixon, HMS Mercury to Manley Dixon, HMS Genereux. Reporting that he fell in with La Sanz Pareille off Sardinia commanded by Citizen Gabriel Rennault, Lieutenant de Vaisseau with 152 men on board, from Toulon bound for Alexandria with shot, arms, medicines and supplies of every kind and 6 Medical men.. He prize is now in Port Mahon and the prisoners disposed of.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap R117
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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