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Paper, 'Account of the sinking of the Dutch frigate Ambusciade and her revoery at the Nore' by Joseph Whidbey

Reference number: L&P/12/52

Date: 1803

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the sinking of the Dutch frigate Ambuscade, of 32 guns, near the Great Nore; with the mode used in recovering her. By Mr. Joseph Whidbey, Master Attendant in Sheerness Dock Yard. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S'

Read 28 April 1803

Reference number
L&P/12/52
Earliest possible date
1803
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Joseph Whidbey

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Joseph Whidbey, Paper, 'Account of the sinking of the Dutch frigate Ambusciade and her revoery at the Nore' by Joseph Whidbey, 1803, L&P/12/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_52/paper-account-of-the-sinking-of-the-dutch-frigate-ambusciade-and-her-revoery-at-the-nore-by-joseph-whidbey, accessed on 21 March 2025

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