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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1701-05-24
ADM/A/1882/274
Appoint Caleb Newson, Surveyor for Woolwich Yard, to be Surveyor of Timber, Plank, etc. at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-08-02
ADM/A/1786/21
Appoint Samuel Miller, Master Shipwright Assistant, Deptford Yard.
Miscellaneous books kept by Rice, 1820-25 (Manuscript)
1820-1825
RCE/4
Miscellaneous books, 1820-25: logbooks of HMS BLANCHE and HMS AURORA , journal of voyage to South America, abstract of journal concerning Deptford Yard and very minute sketch book. See full list in printed catalogue for further details.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-25
ADM/A/1864/182
Giving instructions for the BURFORD currently building in Mr Snelgrove's Yard at Deptford to be launched on the first Spring tide in May.
Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694. (Manuscript)
1691-12-12
ADM/A/1779/114
Enclose warrant for impressing 80 Shipwrights & 20 Caulkers for Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1689-11-26
ADM/A/1764/215
Warrant appointing Thomas Loving to be Master Blockmaker at Deptford Yard. Countersigned by Phineas Bowles, Admiralty Board Secretary.
Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742) (Manuscript)
1701-05-23
ADM/A/1882/176
Request names of two or three persons judged qualified to be Surveyor at Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-27
ADM/A/1826/298
Asking why the two Holbrookes, Quakers charged with sedition, are still employed in Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-12-07
ADM/A/1837/34
A memorandum concerning the building of fifth and sixth Rates according to a request by a Warrant of the 5th inst. Signed H. Harding, dockyard officer, Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-09-04
ADM/A/1811/12
Warrant for the appointment of John Hayward to be Master Boat-maker of the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-04-06
ADM/A/1806/84
We direct you to cause Thomas Gibson, a Labourer in the Deptford Yard, to be discharged in order to his serving as a Letter Carrier to the General Post Office.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-22
ADM/A/1784/238
Giving an Order for the Officers of HM Yard at Deptford to equip the forty Shallops with small guns.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-05-16
ADM/A/1830/153
The Sawers of Deptford Yard have Petitioned the Lords Justices that one third of their wages is abated from them, a copy of the petition is enclosed. We hereby direct you fore with to enquire into the same and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-05-05
ADM/A/1842/58
Extract of a letter from Mr Freeman offering to let a new Frigate-built Ship now on the stocks at Mr Wells Yard, Short of Deptford, detailing her dimensions, with 32 Guns.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-12
ADM/A/1820/89
Warrant appointing David Thompson, to be Master Cook of the northernmost of the ships (a 4th Rate) building at Mr Castle's yard at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-13
ADM/A/1828/108
Answer from Deptford Yard to your query. No Officer under my charge hath any Deputy allowed him, except Captain Benbow, who once procured an order for Mr Macky to Act in his plaice during his absence. Signed by J. Hawny.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-18
ADM/A/1780/130
Warrant for the appointment of William Mills to be Boatswain of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard..
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-13
ADM/A/1780/88
Warrant for the appointment of William Hilton to be Master Carpenter of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-15
ADM/A/1780/94
Warrant for the appointment of Nicholas Smithitt to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building in the Deptford Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1826/400
Copy of an account prepared by Deptford yard showing the cost of replacing corroded rudder ironwork etc. on numerous named ships between 1671 and 1677. Undated.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-07-12
ADM/A/1785/99
Warrant for the appointment of William Coates to be Boatswain of their Majesties' Yard at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-05
ADM/A/1845/30
Repeating an Order for labour from Deptford and Woolwich to assist in bringing the KENT from Woolwich to Mr Wells' Yard at Rotherhithe
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-04-18
ADM/A/1863/169
Acknowledging receipt of the [Admiralty's] Order informing that labourers at Deptford have petitioned for permission to take chips of wood out of the Yard, and enquiring what the accepted practice is.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-02-03
ADM/A/1827/19
Delays in victualling Advice Boats and other ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth bound for the East and West Indies have occurred and the Admiralty is disinclined to accept the excuses proffered.…
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