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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-17
ADM/A/1784/105
Ordering the SALLY ROSE to be supplied with two months' Victuals at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-10-29
ADM/A/1777/193
We direct you to cause the LION on her arrival at Portsmouth to be cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel, and victualled for four months or as much as she can conveniently stow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-07
ADM/A/1787/49
Giving an instruction for the Officers of the SWAN disabled and lost in Jamaica to be paid their wages; and requiring both the Officers and Company of the HART to be paid for the loss of their clothes when taken by the Enemy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-06
ADM/A/1787/41
Wanting a Report on the Stores contracted for from the Baltic, the countries of origin, together with delivery dates, and the names of the ships transporting them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-06
ADM/A/1787/37
Dr Richard Brown has been appointed Physician to the Red Fleet including the West Indies Squadron. He is to be paid for his previous service in the Fleet to enable him to equip himself for his new Commission.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-09
ADM/A/1823/117
Warrant appointing Charles Gimblet to be Master Carpenter of the JOSEPH Hirde ship in place of the former who has resigned. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-10
ADM/A/1823/125
Settling a Pension on John Bond, later Master Carpenter of the SANDWICH.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-10
ADM/A/1823/129
Instructing that Lord Archibald Hamilton Commander of the LITCHFIELD be paid a portion of his wages in the event that his ship should proceed to the Mediterranean.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-09
ADM/A/1823/97
Urgently requiring the ASSISTANCE to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness and provided with ten weeks Victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-05
ADM/A/1787/31
Putting a stop to the Wages of all of the Men who have deserted the WOOLWICH until further notice.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-09
ADM/A/1823/95
Urgently requiring the Provisions aboard the CORONATION Hired ship at the Nore to be made up to two months and in the event that she lacks Stores her Owners are to ordered to make good the shortfall.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-09
ADM/A/1823/101
Very urgently requiring the QUAKER Ketch to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Portsmouth and victualled for ten weeks service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-03
ADM/A/1787/21
Ordering the cleaning and refitting of the GOODWIN Prize on arrival at Sheerness for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-03
ADM/A/1787/17
Requiring all Capital Ships entering Chatham and Portsmouth to put ashore all Barges and Boats surplus to requirements. They are to be carefully stored and kept ready for the time when the ships next need them.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-09-03
ADM/A/1787/25
A new Storekeeper and Muster Master is to be appointed to the West Indies Squadron. A job description is required. Draught Instructions for the use of an Agent to accompany the Squadron for victualling purposes is also required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-06
ADM/A/1823/79
Enclosing a copy of a letter from Captain [Beawes] Commander of the BERKELEY CASTLE Hired ship in which he asks urgently for cables. Instructions are given for the Owners to be contacted as a matter of urgency to supply the ship currently in the Downs.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-06
ADM/A/1823/71
The Lords Justices have ordered hammocks for soldiers going to the Straits to be supplied from Portsmouth. The Admiralty directs that should the supply from Portsmouth prove inadequate, the balance is to be sent overland.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-07
ADM/A/1823/89
Announcing that John Layton is going to the Mediterranean in the GLOUCESTER in order to establish longitude. Instructions are given for him to be paid for his time in the KATHERINE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-06
ADM/A/1823/83
Urgently requiring the LIZARD to be cleaned and refitted at Spithead and the ALDBOROUGH Ketch at Sheerness. Both to be supplied with ten weeks Victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-05
ADM/A/1823/59
The owners of the ANTELOPE Hospital ship do not agrree to her serving as a Man-of-War and wish for her to be released; but the Admiralty understand that as she is already half manned she is to be completed as a Man-of-War.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-05
ADM/A/1823/53
Warrant appointing John Carr to be Boatswain of the PENZANCEE in place of the former who has been moved to the MERMAID. Countersigned by Josiah Burchett, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-05
ADM/A/1823/51
Warrant appointing Richard Carr, late Boatswain of the CHARLES Fireship, to be Boatswain of the CHARLES GALLEY in place of the former who has been moved to the DOVER .Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-06-23
ADM/A/1784/245
Ordering the Commissioners for Victualling to negotiate with the Commissioners for Transport for Victualling the Men employed in bringing the Shallops to Portsmouth on the best available terms.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-09-05
ADM/A/1823/65
Ordering Officers in H.M. Yards to receive individually copies of the Proclamtion the subject of Item 63 above and to ensure that further copies are permanently displayed at entrances to H.M. Yards.
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