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Folios 229-230: Grosvenor Winkworth, HMS Savage. Reporting the"unaccountable behaviour...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2678/97

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This record is about the Folios 229-230: Grosvenor Winkworth, HMS Savage. Reporting the"unaccountable behaviour... dating from 1793 Sept 30 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 1/2678/97
Date
1793 Sept 30
Description

Folios 229-230: Grosvenor Winkworth, HMS Savage. Reporting the"unaccountable behaviour and disrespect to the King's Service" of the Master of the Lindon of Hull. Describes how the Master of the Lindon failed to follow the orders of Lieutenant Henry James Richardson of the Impress Service. Gives details of the incident that followed. Contains a brief description of Esias Evans, one of the impressed men who escaped from Lieutenant Richardson's boat onto the Lindon.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W105
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Open Document, Open Description
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