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Folios 157-158: Josiah Wittman, La Suffisante, Guernsey. Advising that having received...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2689/44
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This record is about the Folios 157-158: Josiah Wittman, La Suffisante, Guernsey. Advising that having received... dating from 1799 Feb 14 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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- 1799 Feb 14
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Folios 157-158: Josiah Wittman, La Suffisante, Guernsey.
Advising that having received orders from Admiral Sir Richard King on 9 January 1799, to cruise the Isle of Bas, he had been on that station until this day, 14 February, when a gale so severe set in that he was obliged to throw 5 of the guns overboard to save the sloop and to run for this port. As soon as the weather permits he intends to make for Plymouth.
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- Cap W313
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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