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Folios 279-280: Thomas Wolley, HMS Arethusa, Spithead. Reports sailing from the Rock...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2691/127

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This record is about the Folios 279-280: Thomas Wolley, HMS Arethusa, Spithead. Reports sailing from the Rock... dating from 1800 Jan 6 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 1/2691/127
Date
1800 Jan 6
Description

Folios 279-280: Thomas Wolley, HMS Arethusa, Spithead. Reports sailing from the Rock of Lisbon on the 22 December 1799 with 11 sail under my convoy followed by an American Frigate. Reports that gales starting on the 25 December 1799 which blew till the 2 January 1800 dispersed the convoy which he was unable to collect them so has returned to this port instead of the Downs and has suffered damage.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W287
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21113453/

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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: 1800, numbers 121-314. (Described at item level)

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Folios 279-280: Thomas Wolley, HMS Arethusa, Spithead. Reports sailing from the Rock...

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