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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-21 ADM/A/1836/202
Your letter of 19 November asked how the LIGHTNING and BLAZE fireships are to be victualled. They are to be victualled for 8 months each for a voyage to the West Indies and you are directed to give the necessary orders.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-23 ADM/A/1836/208
The IPSWICH, DEFIANCE, CHARLES galley and VESUVIUS fireship, are ordered to be fitted for a voyage to the Canaries. You are directed to have the stores and provisions ordered for them immediately sent aboard and the ships put in condition for sea without a moment's loss of time.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/234
You are directed to have the BEESTON sloop, which you have hired to proceed as an advice boat to Barbados and Jamaica, to be furnished with as many hands from the Ordinary or ships fitting out, as may be sufficient to sail her to the Buoy of the Nore where she is ordered.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/232
You are directed to order the setting-up at Kinsale, a 5th Rate ship of the same dimensions as those lately built, to be put in hand with all possible dispatch.
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) 1696-11-23 ADM/A/1836/220
Robert Phillips is to be appointed Boatswain of the SURPRISE. You are directed to enter him accordingly with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 23 November 1696.
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) 1696-11-24 ADM/A/1836/228
We are informed that there are not provisions at Portsmouth for the ships at Spithead of Sir Cloudesley Shovell's squadron. You are directed to let us know what care has been taken to provide victuals there and in your opinion how they may be most properly supplied.
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) 1693-11-09 ADM/A/1801/89
The crew of the PLAY Prize is to be reduced on arrival at Portsmouth. She is to be sheathed and fitted for a voyage to the West Indies and supplied with eight months provisions of good quality.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-02 ADM/A/1801/24
The Third Rates ELIZABETH, BREDA, DREADNOUGHT, MONMOUTH and MONTAGUE have been ordered into various Royal and private yards on the Thames for survey and repair as soon as possible, and made ready for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-02 ADM/A/1801/32
Due to the nature of her masts the HAMPSHIRE is very unbalanced. The Commander has opined that if they were to be shortened by two feet she would sail much better. Her masts are to be surveyed and shortened as judged necessary.
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) 1693-11-10 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.