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Folios 292-293: Robert Brown Tom, HMS Gorgon, Sheerness Harbour. Request for ship...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2609/109

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This record is about the Folios 292-293: Robert Brown Tom, HMS Gorgon, Sheerness Harbour. Request for ship... dating from 1809 Apr 15 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 1/2609/109
Date
1809 Apr 15
Description

Folios 292-293: Robert Brown Tom, HMS Gorgon, Sheerness Harbour. Request for ship to be fitted with long twelve pounders instead of the current compliment of long nines and carronades. This would be advantageous for the next expedition which is to the Baltic.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap T64
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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