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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/99

Very urgently requiring the LION to be cleaned and refitted on arrival at Plymouth and supplied with ten weeks Victuals for a voyage to the Canaries.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/103

Men of the Ordinary together with Riggers from Chatham are to be put aboard the DUTCHESS at Blackstakes in order to bring her up to that port.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-12 ADM/A/1834/135

We direct you to cause the Yacht FUBBS at Deptford to be cleaned and refitted there, and put into a condition for the Sea with all possible dispatch.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-11 ADM/A/1834/127

Understanding from a late letter from you that the Ships with Provisions for Rear Admiral Benbow's Squadron are returned from Gunfleet, he having sailed, we direct you to cause the said Provisions to be sent to Harwich with the Convoy that shall be appointed, and to remain there for them agains…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-14 ADM/A/1834/147

We direct you to cause the CORNWALL at Chatham to be fitted out to Sea for Channel service, manned with her highest complement of Men and victualled for three months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/109

Enclosing an extract of a letter from Captain Benbow informing that he intends to fit the SERPENT, BLAST, GRANADO and CARCASE Bomb vessels for sevice and requires heavier anchors and cables as detailed in the extract. An instruction is given for the ships to be so supplied, together with Victuals.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/105

Sir George Rooke has informed the Admiralty that certain Men belonging to the HOPE before she was captured have volunteered for service in his ship. An instruction is given that they are to be paid as other Men turned over.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/107

Instructing that Men from the RUPERT and BERKELEY CASTLE who are now serving in the GLOUCESTER are to be discharged from their former ships and paid their wages similar to Men turned over into ships departing for the Straits.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1695-09-09 ADM/A/1823/113

Enclosing a list of ships coming in convoy from the Baltic with the LION and CENTURION carrying Stores; and asking whether there are any other ships loading important stores remaining in the Baltic such as the SAMUEL and HENRY and the SMYRNA MERCHANT, and whether the convoy should be strengthened.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-10 ADM/A/1834/113

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Baker to be Master Cook of the KENT.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-09 ADM/A/1834/107

Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Head to be Boatswain of the Fireship VESUVIUS.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-10 ADM/A/1834/111

The loss of the Ketch ALDBOROUGH, Captain Thomas Mitchell Master and Commander, which was blown up by an unknown accident on the 9th February last off Brighthelmstone, was the subject of a Court Martial at which the Officers and Company were acquitted.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-09 ADM/A/1834/109

Warrant for the appointment of Hugh Gaine to be Purser of the BREDA.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-11 ADM/A/1834/125

We direct you to give Orders to the Victualling Commissioners to supply the Pursers of such of HM's Ships as are designed on Foreign Service with the Necessary and extra Necessary Money usually allowed.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-28 ADM/A/1784/257

Instructing the Commissioners for Victualling to pay the Commissioners for Transportation for the cost of feeding the Men detailed to man the Shallops on their passage to Portsmouth; and instructing the fitting out of the three Bomb Vessels recently hired.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-25 ADM/A/1784/255

Giving the names of the Transport ships deemed suitable for towing the Shallops to Portsmouth for forwarding to the Master Attendant at Deptford.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-07 ADM/A/1834/86

The Ships mentioned in the margin, which are now cruising in the Sounds with Vice Admiral Mitchell, will suddenly be obliged to come to Spithead for want of Provisions.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-08 ADM/A/1834/90

A Warrant was given by Sir George Rooke dated April 28th 1693 for Noel Barton, Gentleman, to serve as a Volunteer on board the MONMOUTH.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-24 ADM/A/1784/247

The Queen has authorised the hiring of three suitable vessels as Bomb Vessels. The Navy Board is to apply to the Treasury for the money.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1692-06-23 ADM/A/1784/243

Announcing that instructions have been given for equipping Shallops with two small guns each and issuing an Order for Officers at Deptford to supply Captain Philips with the necessary ordnance.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1823/63

No date recorded. Proclamation warning Officers and Workmen of/in H.M. Yards from converting timber into chips and for using/allowing themselves to be used Workmen undertaking tasks for the private benefit of Officers in H.M. Yards.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-09 ADM/A/1834/104

We direct you to cause the hired Ship TIGER now at Bristol to be forthwith discharged at that place and her Company paid off as soon as there is an opportunity of doing so.
As soon as the hired Ship SMYRNA Merchant arrives in the River Thames you are to cause her to be discharged and paid off.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-09 ADM/A/1834/102

A Commission was granted by Admiral Russell dated 26th May 1694 for Captain Kenneth Andersento be Captain of the Fireship AETNA.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-09-09 ADM/A/1834/96

You have informed us that before our Orders for deducting sixpence from Seamen's Wages serving in the Fleet according to the late Act of Parliament reached you, several Ships have been discharged and laid up and their Companies paid.…