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Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 329-330: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Falmouth. He reports his arrival having...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2496/139
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This record is about the Folios 329-330: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Falmouth. He reports his arrival having... dating from 1797 Mar 9 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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- 1797 Mar 9
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Folios 329-330: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Falmouth. He reports his arrival having seen the merchant ships safely to Oporto and other nearby ports together with Charles Stirling, HMS Jason. He has captured a French privateer, L'Actif, off Ushant. She was carrying 19 guns and had a crew of 120 men. L'Actif had already captured the Princess Elizabeth packet from Jamaica. He has brought in a ship flying Ragusa colours loaded with cargo belonging to Amsterdam merchants.
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- Cap S310
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1797, numbers 151-344. (Described at item level)
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