HMS Emerald (1762)

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HMS Emerald was a 32-gun, fifth-rate frigate launched in 1762 and broken up in 1793.

Service history

HMS Emerald was ordered to Lapland in 1796. Captain Charles Douglas writing from Sheerness to the Admiralty, 5 April 1769, requesting an additional quantity of portable soup conducive to the welfare of the people for his voyage, to observe the Transit of Venus. [1] however it was cloudy.

References

  1. ↑ National Archives, ADM1/1705/62
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