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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-23
ADM/A/1823/273
Ordering the STERLING CASTLE to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth and victualled for three months for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-23
ADM/A/1823/271
Ordering the MARY to be cleaned and refitted on arrival in Portsmouth and victualled for three months for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-23
ADM/A/1823/285
Ordering Pilots to be sent to Deal to bring the SOVEREIGNE, ST ANDREW, DUKE and SANDWICH from the Downs to the Nore; and requiring Captain Kerr's pay to commence from the day Men were entered on the Tender of the BURLINGTON.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-20
ADM/A/1823/259
The ARUNDEL and DUNWICH are destined to replace the SORLINGS and NEWPORT in the West Indies and are to be victualed for eight months and receive their Middle Complements of Men. The ships are to be supplied with Stores appropriate for that station and for them to return to England.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-21
ADM/A/1787/190
Ordering the PHEONIX Hired ketch Bomb Vessel to be discharged from HM Service on arrival at Deptford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-20
ADM/A/1823/257
Demanding a list of all French Prizes captured during the present War that have been taken into the Navy, together with their complements of Men, number of Guns, the date on which they entered HM service and the names they were given.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-20
ADM/A/1823/267
Warrant appointing William Watson, Boatswain of the WOOLWICH, to be Boatswain of the HARWICH .Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-23
ADM/A/1787/212
Warrant appointing John Smeaton to be Master Cook of the FALCON in place of the former who has been superannuated. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-22
ADM/A/1787/204
Ordering the PEARL to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for service in the Channel and supplied with three months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-19
ADM/A/1823/247
Confirming that the extra Men born aboard Machine Vessels at Mr Mesters behest are to be allowed Victauals and Wages.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-19
ADM/A/1823/244
Enclosing an Extract of a letter from Sir George Rooke in which he states that ships at Portsmouth are ready to go to sea but are being hindered by a shortage of Privisions. An Order is given for the Commissioners for Victualling to rectify the situation as a metter of urgency.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-13
ADM/A/1861/143
In pursuance of HM's pleasure signified to this Board, we direct you to cause to be delivered to the Master of the Ferry at Kue a Hawser of such dimensions and quality as required by him, and also three Blocks he thinks proper for the Ferry.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-06
ADM/A/1778/23
Requiring the CROWN to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth and supplied with three months Victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-06
ADM/A/1778/31
Requiring a Boat Standard of [Bewpiers] to be supplied from Stores to the Right Hon. William Harbord who has been appointed Ambassador to the Grand Seignior or his Order for use as he sees fit.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-14
ADM/A/1861/153
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Goodman to be Purser of the FEVERSHAM.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-14
ADM/A/1861/149
Warrant for the appointment of Gilding Wotton to be Purser of the ASSOCIATION.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-11-09
ADM/A/1778/55
Requiring the SWEEPSTAKES and BONAVENTURE to be urgently supplied with three months Victuals each at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/94
Having ordered the MARY GALLY to Portsmouth to be fitted for a voyage to Newfoundland, we direct you to cause her to be paid to Michaelmas 97 before proceeding on her voyage.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-31
ADM/A/1777/218
Upon consideration of your letter of the 26th inst; concerning the present condition of NEWCASTLE we direct you to cause the Ship to be rebuilt in their Majesties' Yard or a Merchant Yard, as you judge best.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-13
ADM/A/1777/224
We direct you to settle a Pension on Edmond Willmott, late Boatswain of the DIAMOND, by reason of his age and infirmity.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-09
ADM/A/1861/102
We direct you upon the arrival of the RYE in the Downs (where she is ordered) to cause her victualling to be completed to three months for her lowest complement of Men, and furnished with what stores are needed for a voyage to the Canaries with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-31
ADM/A/1777/211
We direct you to cause the Prize, lately taken by the CROWN and ordered to be fitted at Portsmouth as a Man of War of the sixth Rate, to be called by the name of the CROWN PRIZE, and entered into the List of the Navy accordingly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-31
ADM/A/1777/215
We direct you to inform yourselves how far the Muster Masters appointed to their Majesties' Fleet this last Summer have performed their Duties, and report to us, particularly what number of Muster Books each of them have returned to your Office, with the names of the Ships for which the Books w…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1699-01-10
ADM/A/1861/113
Warrant for the appointment of John Tricker to be Master Gunner of the CHATHAM.
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