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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
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Folios 250-251: William Sidney Smith, London. Reports that there are 48 gun carriages...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2508/83
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This record is about the Folios 250-251: William Sidney Smith, London. Reports that there are 48 gun carriages... dating from 1803 Mar 14 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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- 1803 Mar 14
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Folios 250-251: William Sidney Smith, London. Reports that there are 48 gun carriages and slides to Mr Gower's improved design at his wharf in Rotherhithe, while the 24-pounder guns to fit them are at Woolwich. As they have been tried out on HMS Kent and HMS Narcissus, and reported favourably to the Admiralty by the Board of Ordnance and by Admiral Lord Duncan and Captain Hope, hopes they can be fitted to any ship he is to command.
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- Cap S304
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- English
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1803, numbers 201-400. (Described at item level)
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Folios 250-251: William Sidney Smith, London. Reports that there are 48 gun carriages...
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