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Folios 304-305: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic....

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2404/101

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This record is about the Folios 304-305: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic.... dating from 1801 June 23 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 1/2404/101
Date
1801 June 23
Description

Folios 304-305: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic. Enclosing copies of a letter from William Ricketts, HMS Corso and letters to Lord Keith.

Folios 306-307: enclosure with folios 304-305. Letter dated 23 June 1801 from Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic to Lord Keith. Reporting on the capture of French Tartan Le Tigre, by Lieutenants William Mather and Wilson and 3000 dollars from a neighbouring island.

Folio 308: enclosure with folios 304-305. Letter dated 27 May 1801 from William Ricketts HMS El Corso off Manfredonia to Thomas Rogers, senior officer of his HM ships in the Adriatic. Reporting the capture of the French vessel the Corivesse commanded by Bernard Dubourdier, Lieutenant of the Reginezea and another officer with despatches for Alexandria. The despatches were destroyed but the information gleaned was about wine urgently needed in Alexandria.

Folios 309-310: Enclosure with folios 304-305. Letter dated 6 June 1801 from William Ricketts, HMS El Corso, Rugosa. Reporting on the capture of 3 Neapolitan ships, which had been taken by HMS El Corso and Mercury into the neutral Port Lessina, by French Ancona privateer.

Folio 311: Enclosure with folios 304-305. Letter dated 23 June 1801 from Thomas Rogers HMS Mercury off the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic to Lord Keith. Enclosing a copy of a letter from William Ricketts, HMS El Corso about the barefaced aggression on the part of a French privateer at the neutral port of Lessina and trusting that Lord Keith will induce the Court of Vienna to demand from the French the restoration of the vessels taken away.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap R119
Legal status
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Folios 304-305: Thomas Rogers, HMS Mercury off the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic....

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