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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-22
ADM/A/1768/134
The Charlotte Yacht is to be cleaned, provisioned and made ready for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-04
ADM/A/1768/13
Seamen serving in the late Duke of ALBEMARLE'S yatch the ELIZABETH have not been paid. The Duke's executors are to informed that she is to be removed from the wet dock in Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-25
ADM/A/1768/152
The water casks sent to Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight are to be iron bound. Quantities of salt are to be sent to Yarmouth I.o.W. and to Hurst Castle.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-25
ADM/A/1768/150
Captain Andrew Cotton of the PLAY PRIZE is to be appointed to the NORTHUMBERLAND together with forty men fom the PLAY PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-04
ADM/A/1768/15
The VANGUARD at Portsmouth is to be fitted for sea without delay. A number of small ships are to be employed in gathering seamen and distributing them among the fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-29
ADM/A/1768/162
The Fireship CYGNET is to be laid up on arrival at Deptford. Her Commander and Company are to be put into the fireship purchased from Nicholas Barrett.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-28
ADM/A/1768/156
The BONAVENTURE has been badly damaged leaving dock and is now unserviceable. Her men are to be transferred to the ST.MICHAEL fitting out at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-24
ADM/A/1768/146
The VANGUARD at Portsmouth is to be careened and the prize brought in by the ST. ALBANS is to be surveyed and measured. An estimate is required for manning and equipping her as a Man of War.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-23
ADM/A/1768/138
The DRAGON is to remain rigged but her manning and provisioning are to be put on hold. Negotiations are to continue with Henry Johnson for the purchase of a vessel building at Blackwell.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-14
ADM/A/1768/182
Sir Cloudesley Shovell has reported that the hospital ship at Plymouth is without Surgeons or necessaries.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-07
ADM/A/1768/188
Warrant appointing Robert Billison to be Cook of the HANNIBAL for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-15
ADM/A/1768/198
Warrant appointing Thomas Gibbs to be Purser of the hired ship BONAVENTURE for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-14
ADM/A/1768/206
Warrant appointing John Lock late Cook of the HOPEWELL Fireship to be Cook of the hired ship WOOLF for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-21
ADM/A/1768/204
Warrant appointing William Wright Master Carpenter of the hired ship MODENA for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-05
ADM/A/1768/19
Men recruited in Kent and Essex are to be sent to Chatham where recruiting expenses are to be paid to those concerned as per an enclosed letter.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-29
ADM/A/1768/224
Warrant appointing William Stockman to be Master Gunner of the ROEBUCK Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-25
ADM/A/1768/218
Warrant appointing John Gentleman late Cook of the St. DAVID to be Cook of the hired ship MODENA for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-01-12
ADM/A/1768/216
Warrant appointing Zachary Dady to be Master Gunner of the ELIZABETH in place of the former deceased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-18
ADM/A/1768/214
Warrant appointing William Rogers to be Master Gunner of the hired ship MODENA for the duration of her service in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-21
ADM/A/1768/210
Confirming a Warrant issued by the Earl of Torrington appointing Robert [Mannesty] to be Purser of the St. ANDREW.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-25
ADM/A/1768/230
Warrant appointing Richard Godfrey late Boatswain of the RICHMOND to be Boatswain of the WOOLWICH in place of the deceased.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-07-24
ADM/A/1768/238
Warrant appointing Francis March to be Master Gunner of the BONAVENTURE in place of the former Gunner moved to the EXETER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1690-08-05
ADM/A/1768/234
Warrant appointing George Johnson to be Master Gunner of the LENOX in place of his father William Johnson who has quit.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1688-05-07
ADM/A/1759/29
A ship at Plymouth hired as a Transport is not required and is to be discharged.
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