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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-10 ADM/A/1813/93
1. The number of Servants allowed to Flag Officers and Commanders is, as hitherto, 4 per 100 men in the ship's complement.
2. The complements of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Rate Ships are to be reduced by 4%.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-12 ADM/A/1813/107
1. The IPSWICH is to proceed from the Downs to Spithead, where she is to be provisioned for a 4 month voyage to the Straits in convoy.
2. The CROWNE and DOVER are to proceed from the Downs to Spithead, where they are to be provisioned for a voyage to Portugal.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-19 ADM/A/1813/182
1. The KATHERINE, Yacht, at Deptford, is to cleaned, refitted and made ready for sea.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-24 ADM/A/1813/247
A ketch is to be provided for the PEMBROKE to enable her Commander to get men for the ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-24 ADM/A/1813/245
Further to the orders issued on September 25th, 1694, whereby three months dry provisions are to be provided for Admiral Russell's fleet, and dispatched around Christmas time, the provisions are to be delivered to Cadiz Bay, or wherever Admiral Russell directs.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-20 ADM/A/1813/196
Ordering the payment of Philip Hussey's [Hussy?] wages for his service as Third Lieutenant of the SUSSEX; his journal having been lost in the PEMBROKE when she was taken by the French.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-22 ADM/A/1812/267
Directing that the accounts of the Capital Ships are to end at the time the foremast men are paid off together with the second payment to the Petty Officers; and directing that payment be made.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-22 ADM/A/1812/263
Requiring more bread to be ordered for the troops destined for the Jamaica Expedition, as well as for the Independent Company of men, their Officers and the men belonging to the Ordnance. An estimate of charge is to be forwarded to the Committee for Trade and Plantations.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-23 ADM/A/1812/273
Thomas Power of Bideford is to be paid six pounds for recovering a longboat that had been carried into Ilfracombe before being delivered to the PRINCE of ORANGE whose receipt is enclosed.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-23 ADM/A/1812/271
Warrant appointing Edmond Talbott to be Boatswain and Gunner of the GOODWIN Prize in place of the former for not attending to his duty. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-22 ADM/A/1801/238
The KATHERINE is to be cleaned and refitted at Deptford for service at sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-22 ADM/A/1801/234
A number of men are urgently required to assist in moving the ASSURANCE and BONADVENTURE to Longreach. The men are to be supplied from vessels in the Thames being refitted whose crews are not being turned over into other ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-22 ADM/A/1801/236
The Master and Commander of the ASSURANCE Prize is to be paid as that of a Sixth Rate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-29 ADM/A/1812/327
The Navy Board has advised the Admiralty that the new Hulk at Chatham is in process of being launched and that it is being fitted for service the same as the old one, the ARMS of HORN, currently at Sheerness.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/335
Warrant appointing John Tucker, late Boatswain of the JULIAN Bomb vessel, to be Boatswain of the MACHINE Fireship in place of the former who has been moved to the BONAVENTURE. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-22 ADM/A/1801/240
Henry [Winells], Carpenter of the HAMPTON COURT is unwell and unable to perform his duties. William Castle the Carpenter of the GRIFFIN Fireship is to act as Carpenter of the HAMPTON COURT for the duration of her time in port pending the recovery of [Winells].…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-24 ADM/A/1801/258
In repairing and refitting the First, Second and Third Rate and other ships intended for foreign service next year particular attention is to be paid to ships' bottoms. All Fireships either in port or expected are to be repaired and refitted (except cleaning) with all speed.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-23 ADM/A/1801/252
A French Prize currently at Plymouth is to be surveyed and the Board is to advise on the number of men that will be required to crew her together with the number and types of guns suited to her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/343
Giving directions for assembling a fleet of transports to convey the troops and officers destined for the Straits to Cadiz in January of next year where they are to be put aboard the Fleet under Admiral Russell.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/341
Requiring that if it becomes necessary to send two Clerks to the Straits with Captain Ayles the Commissioners for Victualling are to supply them on the best possible terms. They are also to send their Pinnace with Captain Ayles to Cadiz and to send a second should they feel it necessary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/339
The Work of repairing the HOPE is to be proceeded with as soon as she arrives at Chatham together with the preparations for fitting her for service at sea next year.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-24 ADM/A/1801/264
The Board has informed the Admiralty of a severe shortage of Riggers at Woolwich Yard. The Admiralty directs that the shortfall is to be made up from seamen currently aboard ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-24 ADM/A/1801/266
George Berry, former Carpenter of the PLYMOUTH, was transferred to the CORONATION and lost, together with all his papers. His wife, Sarah Berry, has petitioned the Admiralty who have decided that though his accounts for a past period were never passed, his wages should be paid.