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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-01 ADM/A/1801/3
Requiring that the various types of vessel that are to proceed to the Straits are to be provisioned with six months dry and two months wet supplies and that their stocks are to be kept topped up during their stay at Spithead.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-01 ADM/A/1801/18
Warrant appointing John Williams, Boatswain of the ALBERMARLE, to be Boatswain of the SOVEREIGN in place of the former who has been moved to Chatham Yard. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-01 ADM/A/1801/16
Warrant appointing John Goodland, late Boatswain of the WINDSOR CASTLE, to be Boatswain of the ALBERMARLE in place of the former who has been moved to the SOVEREIGN. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-06 ADM/A/1801/67
With the exception of the PHEONIX, recently returned from the West Indies, the Bomb Vessels at Portsmouth are to be fitted for service at sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-06 ADM/A/1801/65
The Privateer owners of the [BARON] Galley at Southampton are offering her for service in the Navy. The Board is instructed to survey her and to report on how many men and guns will be required for her to act as a warship.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-06 ADM/A/1801/61
Two seamen, Cornelius Campion and Robert Booth, are alleging embezzlement of stores and are offering to act in retrieving them. The Board is instructed to study their petition and to report their findings.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-07 ADM/A/1801/73
Quantities of slops and bedding are to sent urgently to Portsmouth for ships bound for the Mediterranean.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-08 ADM/A/1801/83
A report is required as to when individual First, Second, Third and Fourth Rates will be ready to leave the Yards, ready for service at sea next summer.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-07 ADM/A/1801/79
Warrant appointing William Willis to be Boatswain of the BON ADVENTURE. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-03 ADM/A/1801/40
The wages due to Edward Manning for service in the VIRGIN Prize are to be paid regardless of the lack of a certificate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-03 ADM/A/1801/42
Captain Dove of the PEARL Prize has reported that his ship has been damaged by bad weather. An extract of his letter is enclosed. The Board is to survey her and report on whether she may be repaired at Harwich where she now is.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-04 ADM/A/1801/51
The Squadron destined for the Mediterranean is to be supplied urgently with as much of the six months dry and two months wet provisions as can be obtained from Portsmouth, Plymouth and the surrounding areas.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-04 ADM/A/1801/49
The EXPEDITION now undocked at Chatham is to be readied for the sea and supplied with three months victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-10 ADM/A/1801/105
The GREYHOUND has been ordered to Sheerness. She is to be cleaned and refitted immediately on arrival and supplied with three months victuals or as much as is required to complete her victualling.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-05-26 ADM/A/1801/118
The Queen has decreed that soldiers aboard |HM ships shall receive the same rations as the seamen and that they shall be paid in money for any short allowance of provisions, as are the seamen. Their pay, while at sea, sea shall be made as for land forces.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-10 ADM/A/1801/115
Warrant appointing John Williams, Boatswain of the SOVEREIGN, to be Boatswain of the LONDON in place of the former, removed into the SOVEREIGN. Countersigned by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-27 ADM/A/1829/265
Mr Holmes is, by our late Commission, appointed Muster Master of the Red Squadron of HM Fleet. We direct you therefore to vacate the Commission granted by Admiral Russell to Mr Jordan in the Mediterranean.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-25 ADM/A/1829/259
We direct you to cause Captain Richard FitzPatrick to be paid as Captain of the SUSSEX and LANCASTER from the time that Men were first entered to serve on these Ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-22 ADM/A/1829/309
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Layton to be Purser of the new 4th Rate building at Blackwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-04-02 ADM/A/1829/299
Warrant for the appointment of Joseph Chamberlen to be Master Carpenter of the new 4th rate Ship building by Sir Henry Johnson at Blackwall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-26 ADM/A/1808/270
Captain Cooper, Commander of the ENGLAND frigate, who is coming from Spithead to the Downs, has advised us that he is in need of two cables and an anchor. You are directed to quicken them to supply these with all possible dispatch, she being ordered to sea again when she arrives at the Downs.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-27 ADM/A/1808/278
You are directed to have the NORWICH cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-06-28 ADM/A/1808/290
William Parker, late Master of the SANDWICH, by reason of age and infirmity is incapable of officiating in his employment and we have thought it fitting to discharge him.…