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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-12
ADM/A/1823/166
An Order requiring ships going to the Mediterranean to be manned with their highest complements of Men. the list includes fourteen ships including the QUEEN, ROYAL WILLIAM and NEPTUNE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-15
ADM/A/1787/119
Informing that the Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies Squadron has been ordered to put the ships' Companies on short rations as soon as the ships are clear of the Channel. Crews are however to be compensated with Short Allowance money when reaching their destination.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-10
ADM/A/1787/71
Ordering the discharge and purchase of the TARTAN Hired ship employed as an Advice Boat at Portsmouth.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-10
ADM/A/1787/65
Instructing the paying of Mr Edward Whittaker Solicitor for services rendered to the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-10
ADM/A/1823/133
Enclosing copies of letters from the Principal Officers of the Ordnance concerning the removal and reshipping of the guns of the ANGLESEY, KINGFISHER and PEARL at Kinsale and the cost involved as referring to an account from a Mr Chudleigh.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-01
ADM/A/1823/145
Ordering payment to be made to William Hibbert as Deputy Judge Advocate in the absence of George Larkin as certified by Lord Berkeley Admiral of the Blue.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-11
ADM/A/1823/143
Very urgently requiring the MARY Yacht at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted and readied for sea.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-13
ADM/A/1787/89
Approving the attending of two Muster Masters on the Fleet in harbour this winter. Mr Timewell will attend the Red Squadron under the Clerks of the Cheque at Chatham and Sheerness and Mr [Gunden] the Blue Squadron at Spithead and Portsmouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-12
ADM/A/1787/83
Forty Shallops have arrived at Deptford from Flanders. An instruction is given for one of them to be placed in Store at Deptford together with her Stores and Furniture giving John Prince her Master orders to return with her Company to their ship the BRITANNIA.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-12
ADM/A/1787/79
Ordering the CONCORD Hired ship to proceed into the Thames for urgent fitting for a voyage to the West Indies as a hospital ship for the Squadron going there. She is to receive eight months Victuals.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-10
ADM/A/1787/77
Ordering the YORK, MONTAGU and CENTURION at Portsmouth, and the DEPTFORD at Plymouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for four months. The LION in the Downs has been found to be very leaky and is ordered in to Sheerness for immediate repair.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-10
ADM/A/1787/75
Ordering the Victuals on the MONMOUTH, LYON and GRIFFIN Fireship to be made up to four months and those on the WARSPITE and DEFIANCE to three months including the LION at Sheerness, GRIFFIN Fireship at Spithead and the others in the Downs.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-28
ADM/A/1787/266
Warrant appointing Samuel Akerman, late Master Carpenter of the Blaze Fireship, to be Master Carpenter of the new Fourth Rate building in HM Yard at Woolwich. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-27
ADM/A/1787/258
Directing that the PHEONIX Bomb vessel on arrival at Sheerness is to be sheathed and fitted urgently for service in the West Indies in place of the SALAMANDER. The SUDADOES now at Plymouth is to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-27
ADM/A/1787/256
Captain Fairborne Commander of the MONCK has reported that deck timbers supporting the mainmast have sprung. An instruction is given for the cause to be enquired into with an opinion given as to whether the damage could have been caused by negligence on the part of Officers.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-27
ADM/A/1787/254
Captain [M…..] Commander of the LUMLEY CASTLE Hired ship has reported that he lacks sufficient Crew for bringing the ship down to Longreach. An Order is given for Men from ships fitting out in the River to be made available to him on condition they later return to their respective ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-28
ADM/A/1787/293
Enclosing a copy of a letter from Sir Cloudesley Shovell in which he complains of the crankness of the ROYAL WILLIAM and proposing that she be girdled. An opinion is required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-30
ADM/A/1787/285
Timber is available to be fetched from Ireland but a lack of available shipping there is causing delays. Approval is given for the Navy Board to procure a new ship recently built in the Thames to transport it.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-30
ADM/A/1787/283
Ordering a temporary stop to be put to the payment of the Wages of Sir Francis Wheeler and his Servants.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-30
ADM/A/1787/279
Ordering the LARK to be paid off on arrival at Deptford and her Company - excepting the Captain and Officers - to be turned over into the LOYAL MERCHANT Hired ship.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-29
ADM/A/1787/276
Confirming a Warrant given by Sir Edward Russell on 14th May 1692 appointing William Scott to be Master Cook of the ST ANDREW. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-24
ADM/A/1787/239
Urgently requiring the CHARLOTTE Yacht at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-23
ADM/A/1787/237
Urgently requiring one months Victuals each to be sent down to the GUARDLAND and LONDON MERCHANT at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-24
ADM/A/1787/241
Ordering the hammocks for the use of Soldiers going to the West Indies to be put aboard the MERMAID at the Nore for delivery to Mr Fotherby, Commissary for Land Forces, at Portsmouth; and requesting an Estimate of the Pay due to HM Ships in Pay to the end of 1691.
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