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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-02 ADM/A/1839/7
At the Court Martial held on board the LONDON on 25 January 1696/7, Captain Munden, Commander-in-Chief of the Thames and Medway President, Captain Grayden of the VANGUARD, complained of several irregularities committed by Lieutenant John Trehearne, First Lieutenant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-04 ADM/A/1862/17
Admiral Aylmer has advised us that there will be a great want of topmasts for the 4th Rate ships and under of the squadron under his command in the Straits. You are directed to send a number of topmasts and other stores that you think necessary in merchant ships bound for Cadiz.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-03 ADM/A/1839/25
Captain John Fletcher, Commander of the HAMPSHIRE, is to be furnished with a tender to enable him to procure men to serve in the ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-04 ADM/A/1862/27
Your letter to our Secretary, sent a copy of a letter from the Master Shipwright at Plymouth proposing the stripping of the sheathing of the CHATHAM as it is very bad. You are directed to have this done and for to see that the ship has a thorough repair.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-04 ADM/A/1839/31
We have receive a letter from the two Captains in town to regulate the Press, concerning the Register of Seamen of His Majesty's ships to the westward, who are in town without tickets of leave.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-04 ADM/A/1839/29
You are directed that when the EXPRESS advice boat is next in port, where the work can be done, you are to have her masts and sails altered to the same manner she was in before she went to the Cape of Good Hope.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-02-06 ADM/A/1862/38
You are directed to order the Commissioners of the Victualing to send 3 months provisions to the Mediterranean for the ships there with all dispatch.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-02-04 ADM/A/1839/43
We have confirmed the warrant given by the Rt. Hon. Edward Russell on 28 August 1695, to Robert Gibson, to be Master Cook of the PHOENIX fireship, in place of the former removed into the FALMOUTH.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-03-30 ADM/A/1828/388
Appoint Thomas Fisher. Boatswain, of the Bomb vessel GRANADO
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-03-30 ADM/A/1828/392
Cause a pension to be settled on Thomas Busbridge from the time he was discharged as Master Carpenter the DREADNAUGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-03-31 ADM/A/1828/404
Impress £400 to Mr Edward Whittaker towards him defraying charges for such business as he is employed on by order of the board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-03-06 ADM/A/1828/418
Appoint Robert Young to be Clerk of His Majesties' Rope Yard at Plymouth, with such Salary, Allowances, and Privileges as he is entitled.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1699-03-30 ADM/A/1863/264
Countermanding a Warrant whereby Anthony Barkesdale Purser of the RANELAGH was to exchange with William Worseley Purser of the MEDWAY during the MEDWAY'S voyage, Richard Williams Purser of the DEPTFORD is now to be entered on the Books of the RANELAGH during the MEDWAY'S present voyage.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-24 ADM/A/1860/253
The GREENWICH has been ordered into Portsmouth. On arrival she is to be surveyed and a report is to be sent to the Admiralty stating how long it will take to refit her for the sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-26 ADM/A/1860/259
The SOUTHAMPTON, now in Longreach, has been ordered to proceed to the Nore where she is to experiment with Mr Robert Garden's engine. Her crew is to be made up to the middle complement in the event that it is not already.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1698-12-21 ADM/A/1860/225
Requiring Captain William Bloys to be paid as Commander of the MILFORD until discharged and succeeded by Captain Huntington; but not to be paid as First Lieutenant of the WEYMOUTH during the time he transferred to the MILFORD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-04-29 ADM/A/1783/164
You are directed to have the men lately turned over to the new AFRICA, hired ship, from the SUCCESS, except for the Warrant Officers, to be sent down to the VANGUARD.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-04-27 ADM/A/1783/152
You are directed to consider the number of Muster Masters to be appointed and what pay is fitting to be allowed them. Also, what alterations should be made to the present instructions.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-04-29 ADM/A/1783/168
The Commander of the SAMUEL and HENRY, hired ship, informs us in his letter of 28 April from the Downs, that on his return from Ostend he met with bad weather and had to leave the sheet anchor and cable and the main sail is split.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-04-29 ADM/A/1783/166
The ships DUNKIRK, RUBY, ADVICE, CHESTER, DRAGON, LOYAL MERCHANT, FALCON, EXPERIMENT, MERMAID, QUAKER and HAWK, formerly ordered to be fitted for service in the West Indies, have since been thought fitting for Channel service.…