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An account of the wreck of HMS AMAZON, Commander Robert Carthew Reynolds, off the coast of France on 14 January 1797.

With a detailed description of events while the crew were prisoners of war in France and their eventual release in March 1798, keeper unknown.

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ID:	REC/57
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1797-1798-12-31; 1797-01-01 - 1798-12-31 1797-1798
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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