Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Folios 396-397: Isaac Wolley, HMS Gelykheid, Hawke Roads. Is enclosing a letter from...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2697/143

What’s it about?

This record is about the Folios 396-397: Isaac Wolley, HMS Gelykheid, Hawke Roads. Is enclosing a letter from... dating from 1804 June 14 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
ADM 1/2697/143
Date
1804 June 14
Description

Folios 396-397: Isaac Wolley, HMS Gelykheid, Hawke Roads. Is enclosing a letter from Captain Richard Poulden, Whitby Rendezvous, a copy of which he has sent to Rear Admiral Russell, relating to an enemy's brigantine sighted off the coast.

Folios: 398-399: enclosure with folios 396-397. Letter dated 13 june 1804 by Richard Poulden, Whitby Rendezvous to Captain Isaac Wolley, HMS Gelykheid, Hawke Roads. Reports that there is a brigantine enemy's privateer close to the coast. Lieutenant Shaw of the Sea Fencibles reported to him that he heard guns of engagement between the enemy and a Cutter or Berwick smack. Six more guns were heard north west of the Port and an enemy's flag is now flying on the coast at South Cliff.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W384
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21120265/

Series information

ADM 1

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

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

2,474,034 records

Within the department: ADM

Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies

136,551 records

Within the series: ADM 1

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

154 records

Within the piece: ADM 1/2697

Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1804, numbers 203-400. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: ADM 1/2697/143

Folios 396-397: Isaac Wolley, HMS Gelykheid, Hawke Roads. Is enclosing a letter from...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.