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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-31
ADM/A/1803/396
Petition of Henry Filden to be superannuated.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-01
ADM/A/1803/7
The SWEEPSTAKES, the ENGLAND (Frigate), and the DELAVALL, to be furnished with two months Provisions at the Nore Buoy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-01
ADM/A/1803/9
The recently launched MAIDSTONE to be fitted out and provisioned for three months service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-02-02
ADM/A/1804/11
Warrant appointing George Evans to be Master Carpenter of the DISCOVERY Brigantine in place of John Collier who has been moved to the VESUVIUS Fireship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-02-09
ADM/A/1804/110
Directing that the Commissioners for Victualling hire a large Fly boat as cheaply as possible for receiving wet provisions at Sheerness for the benefit of ships arriving at the Nore, as well as supplying estimates for hiring four such ships and for building storehouses at Sheerness to accommode wet …
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-11
ADM/A/1776/222
A Swedish ship, the Jacob [A……..], [with] Smith Master has been brought into Dover by the CHARLES Galley on suspicion of being bound for France. The Board is directed to treat with him for the purchase of some of her cargo comprising Tar, pitch, iron and deals.
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-10-16
ADM/A/1776/258
Covering note enquiring whether petitioner qualifies for superannuation.
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-14
ADM/A/1776/245
Sanctioning the provision of victuals to Irish prisoners aboard the ANNE hired Ketch.
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-14
ADM/A/1776/243
Informing of tallies struck for three items namely Wages, Victualling and Ordnance.
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-22
ADM/A/1776/291
Commissioner Wilshaw at Portsmouth has forwarded a list of stores required by the Dutch ships there, as requested by Vice Admiral Cullenburgh. The request has been approved by the Queen. The the stores are to be issued from HM Stores which are to be reimbursed by the States General.
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-18
ADM/A/1776/279
The BRITANNIA together with fourteen other First and Second Rates ships are ordered into Chatham to be laid up and paid off. They are to be surveyed for defects and an account is to be submitted of the cost of repairing them as soon as possible for service next summer.…
Document signed by Admiral Arthur Herbert, First Earl Torrington, 1648-1716 (Manuscript)
1691-09-18
ADM/A/1776/271
Strict warnings are to be issued to men charged with clearing ships of their guns, stores and provisions by the commanders of ships ordered to Chatham that failure to attend to their duties will be treated as desertion with no appeal. Clerks of the Cheque are to conduct frequent musters accordingly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-26
ADM/A/1802/248
Warrant for the appointment of David Stalker to be Master Gunner of the new 6th Rate Ship building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-03-01
ADM/A/1805/4
A letter has been received from the Committee for Trade and Plantations in which proposals are made by Mr [Sly] and Mr Bernon to import naval stores from the plantations. Copies of the proposals are enclosed seeking the Navy Board's opinion.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-03-02
ADM/A/1805/8
The sunken hulk covering the graving dock at Portsmouth is falling to pieces and needs shoring up before its use can be continued following which a platform for cables and capstans for moving ships is to be installed, together with a broom house. Approval is given.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-22
ADM/A/1802/205
We direct you to give orders to the Victualling Commissioners to furnish Sir Francis Wheeler with Credit at Cadiz, or such other Ports as most proper, for such a sum of money as will be requisite to pay the Men of the Squadron now going under his Command to the Mediterranean (seven thousand six hund…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-08
ADM/A/1803/103
Appoint Thomas Crump, Purser, the ROYAL CHARLES.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-08
ADM/A/1803/105
Appoint John Harris, Boatswain, the MAIDSTONE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-09
ADM/A/1803/129
The JAMES GALLEY at Woolwich to be cleaned and fitted for Channel Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-02
ADM/A/1803/17
Appoint William Lee, Second Assistant to the master Shipwright at Portsmouth Yard.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-12-29
ADM/A/1802/320
Having ordered the EXPEDITION to lie at the Buoy of the Nore, to receive and procure Men for the Fleet, we direct you to cause her to be furnished with the Vessels that tended the ROYAL KATHERINE for this Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-22
ADM/A/1803/286
The BOYNE to be victualed at Spithead for the Mediterranean.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-03
ADM/A/1803/29
Solicit money from the Treasury to Purchase the JOLLY PRIZE and TALBOT ketch, and fit them as Fireships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-01-22
ADM/A/1803/290
To build a Double banked Boat for Sir George Rooke to the same dimensionsas that built last Summer for the Earl of Danby.
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