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Folio 231: Robert Stopford, HMS Spencer, Cawsand Bay. States that HMS Spencer being...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2512/103

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This record is about the Folio 231: Robert Stopford, HMS Spencer, Cawsand Bay. States that HMS Spencer being... dating from 1804 Feb 1 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 1/2512/103
Date
1804 Feb 1
Description

Folio 231: Robert Stopford, HMS Spencer, Cawsand Bay. States that HMS Spencer being One Hundred and Sixty Tons short of the quantity of Ballast, which she stowed last time she was commissioned and finding that she requires more weight to enable her to carry sail, as well as other Ships with which she has been in Company. He request direction be given that she be supplied with Fifty Tones more iron Ballast.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S516
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1804, numbers 401-581. (Described at item level)

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