Document signed by Phineas Bowles, Secretary to the Admiralty [1689-1690], 1647-1714.

Enclosing a copy of a letter from Captain William Wright of the MONMOUTH yacht at Chester in which he lists her defects and proposes that she would sail better if rigged as a Ketch. The Admiralty wants to know what needs to be done to convert her.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1764/69
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1689-11-18
Creator: Bowles, Phineas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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