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Order to the Admiralty for sinking the buoys and removing the lights at the Nore...
Catalogue reference: PC 1/5/83
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This record is about the Order to the Admiralty for sinking the buoys and removing the lights at the Nore... dating from 1744 Feb 12 in the series Privy Council and Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Unbound Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PC 1/5/83
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1744 Feb 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Order to the Admiralty for sinking the buoys and removing the lights at the Nore and cutting down the beacon in case of the French Fleet approaching
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 2 ff
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5898289/
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PC 1
Privy Council and Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Unbound Papers
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Order to the Admiralty for sinking the buoys and removing the lights at the Nore...
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