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Folios 488-489: First Lieutenant Henry Fage Belson HMS Briton Chatham. He writes...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2530/145
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This record is about the Folios 488-489: First Lieutenant Henry Fage Belson HMS Briton Chatham. He writes... dating from 1812 May 20 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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Folios 488-489: First Lieutenant Henry Fage Belson HMS Briton Chatham. He writes that the tanks ordered for the ship to hold fresh water will not hold as much water as if the water was held in casks and explains the dimensions and shape of the ship which causes this to be the case. He asks therefore that casks be substituted for the tanks.
Folios 490-491: enclosure with folios 488-489. Letter dated 18 May 1812 from the Victualling Office to Belson. Regarding the swapping of tanks for casks for HMS Briton.
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