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Folios 217-218: Fleetwood Pellew, HMS Revolutionaire, Naples Bay. Reported being...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2353/84
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This record is about the Folios 217-218: Fleetwood Pellew, HMS Revolutionaire, Naples Bay. Reported being... dating from 1819 Oct 25 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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- 1819 Oct 25
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Folios 217-218: Fleetwood Pellew, HMS Revolutionaire, Naples Bay. Reported being in port having arrived with Commander-in-Chief's despatches from Tunis. The Pirate, an English ship and crew, plundered the Helen, an English Brig, then tried to murder the crew by confining them below deck, stove in their boats and then scuttled the ship. They were captured near Smyrna by officers and men of Spey and Racehorse who had been sent out to search for her. Master and crew taken to Malta for trial. The English Brig Venus, from Newfoundland, was wrecked on the Mole at Naples, crew were saved. Revolutionaire to proceed to Malta for caulking and refit for winter. Weekly report sent by overland post to reach England within 19 to 20 days.
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- Cap P124
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