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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 203-204: John Clarke Searle, HMS Spanker, Woolwich. Reports that the guns...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2491/81
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This record is about the Folios 203-204: John Clarke Searle, HMS Spanker, Woolwich. Reports that the guns... dating from 1795 Apr 29 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)
- 1795 Apr 29
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Folios 203-204: John Clarke Searle, HMS Spanker, Woolwich. Reports that the guns and parts for the floating battery under his command are now on board and fitting is nearly complete. She will be ready some time in the next week to go down river and take on the powder, and will then be ready for service. Gives assurance that he will exert all efforts to execute any orders given to him, but it is his duty to point out, as it involves the safety of many useful men, his view, and that of many other experienced Officers, that HMS Spanker is not sufficiently buoyant to safely cross The Channel. She would be almost unmanageable at sea, and could not ride in any Bay or Road exposed to the sea.
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- Cap S93
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1795, numbers 1-150. (Described at item level)
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Folios 203-204: John Clarke Searle, HMS Spanker, Woolwich. Reports that the guns...
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