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Folios 262-263: John Woodley, HMS Spitfire, Lundy Road. Reports leaving Cork on 1...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2678/113

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This record is about the Folios 262-263: John Woodley, HMS Spitfire, Lundy Road. Reports leaving Cork on 1... dating from 1793 Feb 5 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 1/2678/113
Date
1793 Feb 5
Description

Folios 262-263: John Woodley, HMS Spitfire, Lundy Road. Reports leaving Cork on 1 February with a number of volunteers on board: 58 Able Seaman, 39 Ordinary Seamen and 75 Landsmen. However due to the strong winds and the sickness of the newly raised men he has been forced to anchor here until the weather moderates. Explains he has ordered Digby Dent, Lieutenant, HMS Sultana, to sail from Plymouth to Cork, as there was no vessel there to receive newly raised men.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W122
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Open Document, Open Description
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