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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/339
Captain Fairfax, the NEWARK requests some of his crew may be borne on her Store ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-27
ADM/A/1817/351
Cause Captain Barber, Commander, the PRINCE GEORGE now at Leith, to be furnished with credits for a months provisions.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/347
The LIZARD to be cleaned and victualed at Milford.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/345
Order the Muster Master at Yarmouth to enter all such volunteers for the UNITY to allow them Conduct money.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/343
Advise what allowances the Officers of the Yards enjoy, in consideration of the proposed augmentation of their salaries.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-28
ADM/A/1817/319
Supply [illegible] Richards with boats and tenders for inspecting Bomb vessels.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-28
ADM/A/1817/317
The COVENTRY to be launched at Deptford, fitted out, manned and victualed for the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/329
Information laid before the Board touching on the abuses committed and the Embezzlement of Cordage at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-29
ADM/A/1817/325
Tenders to the HOPE and the CAPTAIN to be discharged in the River.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-28
ADM/A/1817/323
The new Bomb vessels to be crewed by thirty men and equipped with four guns of 8 or 10 Cwt.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-01
ADM/A/1819/1
Ordering the MAIDSTONE to be cleaned and refitted at Portsmouth for service in the Channel and victualled for ten weeks.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-01-06
ADM/A/1838/47
The MERMAID and WINCHELSEA at the Nore have been detailed to convoy colliers to and from New Castle and to remain doing so until further notice.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-01-05
ADM/A/1838/41
Funds are to be made available to the Colonels of the Marine Regiments for the subsistence of various ranks engaged in recruiting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-27
ADM/A/1817/301
Appoint William Betts, formally the LYON, to be master Carpenter, the SHREWSBURY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-26
ADM/A/1817/299
Appoint john Blackwall, Purser, the VIRGIN PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-28
ADM/A/1817/311
Attend meeting of the Board to discus complaints made about Ships built by Contract.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-03-25
ADM/A/1817/289
The ROYAL WILLIAM and the QUEEN to be sheathed either in the Dock at Chatham, or upon the Careen at Sheerness.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/94
Captain Douglas of the DOVER is to be paid from the time he began entering Men during the time the ship was last repaired and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/90
The WOOLWICH is to be surveyed at the Nore and the Navy Board is to recommend where she is to be refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/88
The ADVICE is to be supplied with a Tender for recruiting Men.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/86
Ships' Companies, having been turned over to capital ships at the Nore from the YORK, are to be paid. Her Officers are also to be paid when she arrives at Woolwich for paying off, with the exception of Officers joining her there.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-10
ADM/A/1819/102
Warrant appointing Francis Sneydon to be Boatswain of the BASILISK Bomb Vessel. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/100
Warrant appointing Robert Frost, Boatswain of the YORK, to be Boatswain of the SHREWSBURY. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-05-09
ADM/A/1819/96
Warrant appointing Laurence Oliphant to be Master Gunner of the UNITY. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, temporary Acting Secretary to the Admiralty Board.
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