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Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 99-100: John Scoffin, HMS Viper, Torbay. Reports he sailed from Cork on 20...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2493/42
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This record is about the Folios 99-100: John Scoffin, HMS Viper, Torbay. Reports he sailed from Cork on 20... dating from 1796 Jan 7 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)
- 1796 Jan 7
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Folios 99-100: John Scoffin, HMS Viper, Torbay. Reports he sailed from Cork on 20 December 1796 under orders from Vice Admiral Robert Brice Kingsmill to refit at Plymouth, but was blown past it in a gale and took shelter in Torbay. Captain John Osborn of HMS Trusty has now ordered him to take the transport Unity under convoy to Plymouth.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S49
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1796, numbers 1-149. (Described at item level)
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Folios 99-100: John Scoffin, HMS Viper, Torbay. Reports he sailed from Cork on 20...
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