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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 272-273: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a list of men...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2678/117
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This record is about the Folios 272-273: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a list of men... dating from 1793 Feb 7 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793 Feb 7
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Folios 272-273: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a list of men who entered the ship a few days before His Majesty's Proclamation for the Bounty appeared. Explains that he promised the men he would recommends them to the Admiralty for payment of the Bounty if they attended for duty and loading the ship ready for sea when they could have so easily deserted.
Folio 274: enclosure with folios 272-273. Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Nominal list dated 7 February 1793 of fifteen men who entered HMS Fortune between 16 November to 30 November 1792.
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- Cap W127
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Folios 272-273: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a list of men...
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