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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/279
Warrant for the appointment of John Wadsworth to be Boatswain of the SOUDADOES PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/273
Warrant for the appoinment of John Chapman to be Master Gunner of the new third Rate Ship building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/287
Warrant for the appointment of William Crowbeard to be Boatswain of the HASTINGS.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/285
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Reed to be Boatswain of the QUEENBOROUGH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/283
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Pierce to be Boatswain of the GARLAND.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/281
Warrant for the appointment of James Pybors to be Boatswain of the LINCOLN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-20
ADM/A/1814/297
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Rouse to be Master Gunner of the Bomb Vessel SALAMANDER.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/293
A Petition has been presented to this Board by the Executrix of Walter Finnis, late Lieutenant of the PORTSMOUTH, stating that his Journal of the proceedings of the Ship were accidentally lost by his Mother since his death. …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-19
ADM/A/1814/291
Warrant for the appointment of Gabriel Howett to be Boatswain of the new fourth Rate Ship building at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-27
ADM/A/1813/283
Warrant appointing William Sotherland, late Carpenter, of the CAMBRIDGE, to be Master Carpenter of the LINCOLN, building at Woolwich.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-30
ADM/A/1813/319
1. An account is wanted of what ships of 50 guns and upwards that are currently being built or repaired will be ready for service in the Line of Battle in the coming year.
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-30
ADM/A/1813/315
The ROE, Ketch, at Tynemouth [Tinmouth], is to receive a month's supply of provisions from Newcastle
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-05
ADM/A/1814/35
Last week's progress report of Ships building and under repair stated that the YARMOUTH at Harwich is to launch on the 22nd of this month.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-05
ADM/A/1814/33
Warrant for the appointment of Lullum Wood to be Purser of the FORESIGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-05
ADM/A/1814/31
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Lieutenant Thomas Galwey for the time he served as Lieutenant of the DIAMOND to be paid if there are no other objections than the want of his Journals of the Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-04
ADM/A/1814/29
Having appointed Captain Thomas Foulis to be Captain of the new 4th Rate Ship building at Bristol, which we have named the GLOUCESTER, we direct you to furnish two Ketches for enabling her Commander to man the Ship.
You are also to give directions for the entering of Men to serve aboard her.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-04
ADM/A/1814/27
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Lieutenant Peter de Vetts deceased, late Second Lieutenant of the DRAGON, to be paid for the time he served as Lieutenant of her, if there are no other objections than the want of his Captain's Certificate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-05
ADM/A/1814/37
Captain Thomas Ekins, late Commander of the SEA FLOWER, has sent a letter to this Board offering the purchase of a new Ship similar to the CROWN or HAMPSHIRE, very cheap.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-01
ADM/A/1814/1
We have ordered the KENT at Spithead to come to the Buoy of the Nore, and directed Captain Graydon, Commander in Chief of the Ships at Spithead and Portsmouth, to put some Men into the KENT from the HAMPTON COURT and MONCK to assist in bringing her to the Nore, and then to return immediately to thei…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-11-30
ADM/A/1813/336
Warrant appointing William Fitzhugh, late Purser, of the Delavall, Hired Ship, to be Purser of the Saphire; his predecessor having been appointed to the Elizabeth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-01
ADM/A/1814/3
We direct you to cause the Wages due to Lieutenant John Austen for the time he served as Lieutenant in in the RUBY and SUSSEX to be paid, if there are no other objections than the want of his Journals and Captain's Certificate while serving in the RUBY, it being alleged they were lost when the …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-03
ADM/A/1814/15
By our Orders of the 25th September last you were directed to to cause three months Dry Provisions for the Fleet in the Mediterranean under the command of Admiral Russell to be provided and got ready to be sent away about Christmas. …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-07
ADM/A/1814/66
Warrant for the appointment of George Dunwell to be Master Gunner of the MARTIN Ketch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-10
ADM/A/1814/78
The Board attended His Majesty last night in Kensington when he asked for the position of the three months Provisions ordered for the Mediterranean Fleet.…
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