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Folios 368-369: Richard Williams, HMS Gorgon, River Tagus, Lisbon. As he found that...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2686/156
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This record is about the Folios 368-369: Richard Williams, HMS Gorgon, River Tagus, Lisbon. As he found that... dating from 1798 Jan 21 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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- 1798 Jan 21
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Folios 368-369: Richard Williams, HMS Gorgon, River Tagus, Lisbon. As he found that Admiral Thomas Lenox Frederick has sailed from Falmouth before his arrival there and knowing the want of stores in the Earl St Vincent Fleet, he tried to overtake the convoy but failed. Following a skirmish with the French has taken the [Hemina?] of Nantes brig and Balloon brig of Dartmouth to Lisbon.
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- Cap W198
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1798, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)
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