In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Ref. you letter of the 12 Inst. Concerning the Danish vessel brought into Portsmouth laden with East Country plank, which commodity is much wanted for the Navy here. We have directed the Commissioner of Prizes to cause the said plank to be considered a prize, to be delivered into the stores there. We direct you , in case it not be adjudged a prize, to purchase the same on the best terms you can.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1788/159
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1692-10-13
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Austen, Robert Lowther, John Cary, Anthony Rich, Robert Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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