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Folios 266-267: William Richan, 16 New Queen Street, Portman Square. Is sending in...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2414/101

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This record is about the Folios 266-267: William Richan, 16 New Queen Street, Portman Square. Is sending in... dating from 1810 July 5 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 1/2414/101
Date
1810 July 5
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Folios 266-267: William Richan, 16 New Queen Street, Portman Square. Is sending in a memorial.

Folios 268-269: enclosure with folios 266-267. Memorial for William Richan, late Commander of of HMS Norfolk. In February 1807 a Dutch frigate the Utrecht was stranded in Orkney with 400 men aboard. This would have devastated Orkney so the Lieutenant of the County asked Richan to take the prisoners to the island of Sandy in HMS Norfolk in terrible weather. He prevented the inhabitants from plundering the Dutch frigate which was sent to Leith where it was sold and the prisoners taken to the mainland. Richan has been three years in London trying to get his share of the prize money at great expense. He claims one eighth of the prize.

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Former department reference
Cap R136
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Open Document, Open Description
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