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Folios 249-250: James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, Fort Royal Bay [Fort-de-France Bay],...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2683/106
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This record is about the Folios 249-250: James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, Fort Royal Bay [Fort-de-France Bay],... dating from 1796 June 2 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)
- 1796 June 2
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Folios 249-250: James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, Fort Royal Bay [Fort-de-France Bay], Martinique. Having arrived today from Grenada and finding your letter dated 3 September [1795?] to write to you the circumstances of Lieutenant Montagu's
Folios 251-252: enclosure with folios 249-250. Letter dated 17 February 1796 by James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, St. Georges Bay, Grenada. Reports the capture of two French Privateers, the General Rigaud [Le Général Rigaud] of 8 Guns and 15 Men and the Hynd and one run ashore on Trinidad the Banan. At the same time HMS's Alarm and Zebra captured a Privateer and retook 2 schooners.
Folios 253-254: enclosure with folios 249-250. Letter dated 4 March 1796 by James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, St. Georges Bay, Grenada. Report on incident on the 1 March 1796 when they took the Garrison from La Bay, about 1400 inc. followers and landed them at Saint Georges. Mentions Major O'mara.
Folios 255-256: enclosure with folios 249-250. Letter dated 12 March 1796 by James Athol Wood, HMS Favorite, St. Georges Bay, Grenada. Report of an incident three days ago when he chased 3 ships, 2 Schooners one of ten guns the other of five and a ship of Fourteen guns which surrendered at night without resistance. The first was the Susanna of Liverpool taken a few days before, the two Schooners escaped. Having about 70 French prisoners on HMS Favorite he put 3 or 3 on each Transports and Merchant ships homeward bound. The Officers were put on HMS Charlotte sloop under Lieutenant Williams, The remainder have been put onboard the Prison ship at this place.
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- Cap W276
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1796, nos. 151-334
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