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Folios 182-183: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, St Marcon. He had just finished...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2494/76
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This record is about the Folios 182-183: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, St Marcon. He had just finished... dating from 1796 May 8 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 May 8
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Folios 182-183: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, St Marcon. He had just finished his dispatch for HMS Grand Faulkenor [Grand Falconer] tender take to England and had sent her to the islands to receive the sick and wounded men for the hospital when a messenger arrived with a letter from Lieutenant Price of HMS Badger. It is dated 7 May 1796, and reports that Jean Baptiste Meriel patron of a boat that provides him with news told him a Commissary arrived at Havre from the Convention the day before yesterday with orders for the C[..]nol, Incorruptible, 4 16-gun corvettes and 2 luggers to put to sea immediately. By the time he received this intelligence it was too late to call in HMS Syren and HMS Minerva was not able to get in. He has not heard of HMS Diamond who he believes has taken a privateer. HMS Camilla is with him. HMS Childers is with the small vessels under the orders of Captain D'Auvergne.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S231
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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 152-321. (Described at item level)
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