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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-22
ADM/A/1826/238
The men transferred from the DREADNOUGHT to the MARY to be paid before the latter sails from Spithead for the Straits.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-20
ADM/A/1826/224
Captain Byng to be paid the wages due to him for his time as Captain of the BRITANNIA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-20
ADM/A/1826/222
Confirming a warrant given by Admiral Russell, appointing Thomas Barrow, to be Master Carpenter of the VULTURE, Fireship; his predecessor having been appointed to the ASIA, Hulk.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-02
ADM/A/1796/219
The Victualling Commissioners informed your Board that they cannot give you any account of what Provisions have been put on board the Ships of the Main Fleet till they receive the indents and accounts from Portsmouth of the ships that were victualled there.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-21
ADM/A/1826/236
Warrant appointing Martin Gough, to be Purser of the PRINCE OF ORANGE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-21
ADM/A/1826/234
Confirming a warrant given by Admiral Russell, appointing James Cox, to be Carpenter of the Lark; his predecessor having been appointed to the MARY GALLEY.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-21
ADM/A/1826/228
The ROYAL KATHERINE to be cleaned, refitted and victualled for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-28
ADM/A/1796/204
Warrant for the appoinment of John Whitnall to be Boatswain of the Bomb Vessell FIREDRAKE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-27
ADM/A/1796/198
We direct you to cause the Commander, Lieutenants and all other Officers and Company of the OXFORD (except the Warrant Officers) to be turned over to the SWIFTSURE, and that the repairs of the OXFORD ( which is ordered into Portsmouth for that purpose) be forthwith taken in hand and dispatched as so…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-28
ADM/A/1796/200
Pursuant to her Majesty's pleasure, signified to this Board by Sir John Trenchard, Principal Secretary of State, we direct you to cause all possible dispatch be made in the fitting out of the Ships designed for the Fleet, and particularly the the SWIFTSURE, EAGLE and DEFIANCE, and you are to or…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-29
ADM/A/1796/208
Having received from the Admirals, the Agent for Commissioning of the Victualling Accounts of provisions in the fleet, by which it appears that the same is far short of the proportion ordered for them when they first went to sea, which was four months at whole allowance, we send you the said account…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-17
ADM/A/1826/194
Confirming a warrant given by Admiral Russell, appointing Andrew Neagle, to be Purser of the PLYMOUTH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-20
ADM/A/1826/212
The SUNDERLAND and the CHATHAM to be supplied with a tender each.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-29
ADM/A/1796/213
We send you enclosed an extract of a letter from the Admirals of the Fleet concerning the want of Necessaries for Sick Men in the Fleet, and direct you to take care that a fitting supply thereof is hastened to the Fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-29
ADM/A/1796/211
We direct you to cause the DEFIANCE to be carried down to and moored in safety at Blackstakes by the Riggers and Ordinary at Chatham, without staying for the arrival of the Commander of the said Ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-30
ADM/A/1796/217
We direct you to give Orders for the increasing the number of Men on board the KINGFISHER to the highest complement allowed her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-18
ADM/A/1826/206
Warrant appointing David Elliott, late Master Gunner, of the CAPTAIN, to be Master Gunner of the TIGER PRIZE; his predecessor having been appointed to the CAPTAIN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-19
ADM/A/1826/210
The men detailed to march from Portsmouth to Shoreham to join the ORFORD and to then sail her from there to Spithead are to be paid conduct money.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-26
ADM/A/1796/182
We direct you to cause the DEFIANCE at Chatham to be fitted out for Channel service and supplied with four months Victuals or as much as she can conveniently stow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-24
ADM/A/1796/176
We direct you, as soon as the CHARLES GALLEY has taken on board her Guns, Stores and Provisions, to cause her to be carried down to the Buoy of the Nore by the Ordinary and Riggers, where she will be furnished with Men from the hired Ship WOLF.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-26
ADM/A/1796/178
Warrant for the appointment of John Richards to be Purser of the DREADNOUGHT.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-16
ADM/A/1826/178
The COLCHESTER, ordered to Long Reach, has been unable to leave Woolwich for want of her cables. Temporary cables to be immediately put on board until her own can be sent to her.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-15
ADM/A/1826/176
If the NEWCASTLE to be sheathed, if not already done, and provisioned for a voyage to the West Indies, and her complement reduced to the middle complement.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-17
ADM/A/1826/192
Confirming a warrant given by Admiral Russell, appointing James Yorke, to be Boatswain of the EXPEDITION.
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