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Naval Discharge, signed by Colpoys as Captain of H.M.S.Hannibal, giving authority for the transfer of Arthur Stapledon, master’s mate, from H.M.S.Hannibal to H.M.S.Valiant, by “order of Vice Admiral Graves”. Oblong 7½ x 19 inches, centre fold, printed in red. H.M.S.Hannibal, 20 October 1790. Admiral Sir John Colpoys (1742-1821) had a naval service of nearly forty years, more than twenty of them actually in command of ships of war. In 1794 he was made rear-admiral. Colpoys commanded the Hannibal (74 guns) from 1790 to 1793.