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Folios 402-403: George Blagden Westcott, HMS Majestic, Hamoaze. Reports that the...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2684/144

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This record is about the Folios 402-403: George Blagden Westcott, HMS Majestic, Hamoaze. Reports that the... dating from 1797 July 10 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 1/2684/144
Date
1797 July 10
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Folios 402-403: George Blagden Westcott, HMS Majestic, Hamoaze. Reports that the men named in the enclosed list were taken in the Ocean of Liverpool by the French ship Superb and retaken from her by HMS Vanguard in the West Indies in September 1795. Requests that as the men lost all their wages from the Ocean and have since that time been in HM Service, if they can now be paid the Bounty.

Folio 404: enclosure with folios 402-403. List of men belonging to HMS Majestic who claim the Bounty, 28 June 1797. Details include dates of entry, Ship's Book Numbers and Rating for: William Robinson, John Pike, Thomas Dickson, Thomas Wright, Edward Wharton, Joseph Simery, John Manning, Michael Muphy, John Burnell.

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Cap W182
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