Strachan to Nelson, HMS DONEGAL, off Cape Malabat, 19 December 1804, hoping to get provisions from Tangiers including cattle and lemon juice as suffering badly from scurvy, ship movements, intelligence on Portuguese embargo on British vessels, escaped contagion ashore at Gibraltar, also short of clothing

Captain, later Admiral Sir Richard STRACHAN, Strachan to Nelson, HMS DONEGAL, off Cape Malabat, 19 December 1804, hoping to get provisions from Tangiers including cattle and lemon juice as suffering badly from scurvy, ship movements, intelligence on Portuguese embargo on British vessels, escaped contagion ashore at Gibraltar, also short of clothing

Record Details

Item reference: CRK/11/171
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 item
Date made: 1804-12-19
Creator: Phillipps-Croker
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London