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Folios 347-348: John Sykes, HMS Hecla, Dungeness. Requests the appointment of a Lieutenant...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2512/162

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This record is about the Folios 347-348: John Sykes, HMS Hecla, Dungeness. Requests the appointment of a Lieutenant... dating from 1804 July 3 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 1/2512/162
Date
1804 July 3
Description

Folios 347-348: John Sykes, HMS Hecla, Dungeness. Requests the appointment of a Lieutenant to HMS Hecla in lieu of Lieutenant David Biddle who died at Deal Hospital on 29 June 1804. He points out that the seniority of Lieutenant Augustus Vere Drury is 23 September 1799 and requests the appointment be junior to him.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S579
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20431292/

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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1804, numbers 401-581. (Described at item level)

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Folios 347-348: John Sykes, HMS Hecla, Dungeness. Requests the appointment of a Lieutenant...

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