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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-20
ADM/A/1772/230
Warrant for the appointment of Paul Stigant to be Master Carpenter of the SWIFTSURE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-20
ADM/A/1772/232
Warrant for the appointment of John Bond to be Master Carpenter of the SANDWICH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-20
ADM/A/1772/234
Warrant for the appointment of John Bennetts to be Boatswain of the NORTHUMBERLAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-02
ADM/A/1828/15
Enter men on the Bomb vessels ordered to be fitted for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-02
ADM/A/1828/11
The ship at Portsmouth to be cleaned, refitted, and victualed for ten weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-02
ADM/A/1828/9
Impress £50 to Captain Benbow, he being ordered to the Fleet under Admiral Russell.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-13
ADM/A/1772/182
Warrant for the appointment of James Pamer to be Master Carpenter of the ELIZABETH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-16
ADM/A/1772/186
Warrant for the appointment of Daniel Cawl to be Boatswain of the ROYAL OAK.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-03
ADM/A/1828/35
Appoint Joseph Luke, Master Carpenter, of the COMET Bomb vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-16
ADM/A/1772/198
Warrant for the appointment of William Goslin to be Boatswain of the PORTSMOUTH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-17
ADM/A/1772/202
Warrant for the appointment of John Howard to be Master Carpenter of the Fireship FOX.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-03
ADM/A/1828/39
Appoint Giles Jordon, Master Gunner, of the GRANADA Bomb Vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-03
ADM/A/1828/37
Appoint John Shelleby, Cook, of the BLAST Bomb vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-04
ADM/A/1828/45
Direct to give orders for Colonel Jacob Richards be furnished with a suitable boat as can be stowed on a Bomb Vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-03
ADM/A/1828/41
Appoint William Williams, Master Gunner, of the THUNDER Bomb Vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-16
ADM/A/1772/188
Warrant for the appointment of Isaac Colfe to be Purser of the ADVICE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-16
ADM/A/1772/196
Warrant for the appointment of Richard Eason to be Master Carpenter of the ST MICHAEL.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-04
ADM/A/1828/49
Appoint William Lymm, Master Carpenter, of the GRANADA Bomb vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-04
ADM/A/1828/47
Appoint Edward Asgate, Master Carpenter, of the THUNDER Bomb vessel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-28
ADM/A/1820/282
1. The men sent by Captain Fairborne to become Masters of the small Machine Vessels, despite having declined to be examined are, nevertheless, to be appointed so that the vessels may join the fleet without further delay.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-28
ADM/A/1820/284
Captain Thomas Taylor, who had been sent to New England in July 1693 to command the NONSUCH, is also to be paid for the period from the date of his commission to the date he was entered on board her in New England.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-01
ADM/A/1828/1
Order the employment of all the hands that may be, for the getting ready with all speed, one or two bomb vessels to send to Admiral Russell.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-17
ADM/A/1820/288
Warrant appointing Richard Port, late Carpenter, of the PORTSMOUTH, to be Master Carpenter of the LENNOX; his predecessor having been appointed to the new Second Rate being built at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-06-28
ADM/A/1820/286
The Marquis of Carmarthen, Rear Admiral of the Blue, has been ordered to send the following ships to be cleaned and provisioned at Kinsale, together with any others that are appointed to join him, LENNOX; DREADNOUGHT; STERLING CASTLE; KENT CASTLE; CAPTAIN; RUPERT; LITCHFIELD; FORESIGHT; ROCHESTER; H…
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