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Folios 188-189: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, off Cape L'Hogue [La Hague]....
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2494/79
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This record is about the Folios 188-189: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, off Cape L'Hogue [La Hague].... dating from 1796 May 15 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 1/2494/79
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1796 May 15
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Folios 188-189: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, off Cape L'Hogue [La Hague]. HMS Grand Faukner [Grand Falconer] and HMS Magnanime have joined him bringing dispatches. Accordingly he has directed Captain Peyton who is guarding the Marcon islands with his ship to order HMS Aimwell gun vessel to Portsmouth. He has directed Captain de Courcy to proceed to Cork but to supply HMS Syren if he meets her near Guernsey with as many provisions as HMS Magnanime can spare.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S234
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20195614/
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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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Folios 188-189: Richard John Strachan, HMS Melampus, off Cape L'Hogue [La Hague]....
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