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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 217-218: George Wolfe, HMS Aigle, the Downs. Ordered by William Cornwallis...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2695/90
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This record is about the Folios 217-218: George Wolfe, HMS Aigle, the Downs. Ordered by William Cornwallis... dating from 1803 Oct 18 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 1/2695/90
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803 Oct 18
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Folios 217-218: George Wolfe, HMS Aigle, the Downs. Ordered by William Cornwallis to sail to Oporto, he captured a French privateer L'Alerte, Bernard Benjamin Bizard, Commander, off Vigo, having been 65days from Bordeaux. She had previously taken the Hat, Stephen Cumming, Master sailing from Lisbon to Newfoundland, the Swift, James Collenette, Guernsey, the Lord Sheffield, Thomas Lock, Master sailing from Trinidad to London and engaged with a brig and a cutter. 5 wounded prisoners have been sent on shore to the care of the French Consul at Oporto.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap W360
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1803, numbers 251-476. (Described at item level)
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Folios 217-218: George Wolfe, HMS Aigle, the Downs. Ordered by William Cornwallis...
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