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Folios 355-356: George Wolfe, HMS Sally at Shields. Recounts contact with an enemy...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2685/151

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This record is about the Folios 355-356: George Wolfe, HMS Sally at Shields. Recounts contact with an enemy... dating from 1797 Oct 8 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 1/2685/151
Date
1797 Oct 8
Description

Folios 355-356: George Wolfe, HMS Sally at Shields.

Recounts contact with an enemy frigate on 5 October, and action to protect colliers being harrased by it. Particularly recommends the actions of William Alcott, Master of the Nancy of Gravesend.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W370
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1797, numbers 201-471. (Described at item level)

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