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Folios 121-122: Herbert Sawyer, HMS Russell, Plymouth. Rats have eaten into the magazine...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2499/53

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This record is about the Folios 121-122: Herbert Sawyer, HMS Russell, Plymouth. Rats have eaten into the magazine... dating from 1799 Oct 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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ADM 1/2499/53
Date
1799 Oct 8
Description

Folios 121-122: Herbert Sawyer, HMS Russell, Plymouth. Rats have eaten into the magazine and also destroyed stores to a great degree. She was cleared in Cawsand Bay but she needs to be cleared and smoked as they are in the timbers and cannot be seen without clearing the stores and the damage is equal to that of HMS Canada.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S61
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20216920/

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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: 1799, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)

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Folios 121-122: Herbert Sawyer, HMS Russell, Plymouth. Rats have eaten into the magazine...

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