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Folios 301-302: Francis Woolridge, HMS Fortune, Barn Pool. Acknowledges receipt of...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2681/128

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This record is about the Folios 301-302: Francis Woolridge, HMS Fortune, Barn Pool. Acknowledges receipt of... dating from 1795 Feb 17 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 1/2681/128
Date
1795 Feb 17
Description

Folios 301-302: Francis Woolridge, HMS Fortune, Barn Pool. Acknowledges receipt of letter of 9 February 1795 when he arrived at Falmouth after endeavouring to carry out the enclosed Orders. Apologises for not having signed a letter he sent to the Admiralty which he puts down to his haste in putting to sea.

Folio 303: enclosure with folios 301-302. Letter dated 6 February 1795 by Sir John Borlaise Warren, Captain, HMS Pomone, Falmouth, to Francis Woolridge, HMS Fortune. Orders, as a result of information received from the Collector of HMS Customs at Padstow, to put to sea immediately and fall in with two English vessels, now in the possession of the French, off Padstow and to make them Prizes and bring them to into Falmouth.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W327
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21097449/

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