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037-000544535 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Naval affairs

1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/99
Title:
Report on the sinking of HMS Trincomalee
Scope & Content:
An extract of a report on proceedings on board the East India Company cruiser Comet by Lieutenant James Fortescue, dated 8 October 1799. The report describes a battle with French ships, including the captured ship Pearl, en route from Bombay [Mumbai] to Bussora [Basra], during which HMS Trincom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/91
Title:
Letter from John Spencer Smith to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 17 August 1799. The letter forwards a report on the movements of French and Spanish warships for the attention of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1799-17 Aug 1799
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)