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Plan of the harbour entrance at Ostend, Flanders (now in Belgium) showing scheme...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/180
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This record is about the Plan of the harbour entrance at Ostend, Flanders (now in Belgium) showing scheme... dating from [?1798] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPF 1/180
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1798]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plan of the harbour entrance at Ostend, Flanders (now in Belgium) showing scheme to run a chain across it as a check against small vessels, also the position of the capstan and capstan house. Scale: 4.5 inches to 200 yards. Compass indicator. The plan is accompanied by an unsigned note on a separate sheet, which begins: 'This Plan of Ostend is drawn from recollection at the desire of Mr. Nepean to determine how far it may be proper to have a chain run across the Harbour to prevent a Coup de Main on that side ...'. An attack on the port was envisaged in 1798, and the absence of the honorific title, Sir Evan, indicates that the plan was made before Nepean received his baronetcy in 1802.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- SP 112/28
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 30 cm x 42 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1600
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 661.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982124/
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