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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/387
We direct you to consider and report to this Board your opinion as to what number and nature of Men and number and nature of Guns you judge proper to be established on the new Pink building at Eling.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/385
By our Order of December 15th you were directed to lay up the SALLY ROSE and pay off her Company. As you have not yet complied with this Order we direct you to do this and tell us why this was not done.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/383
We direct you to cause the PORTLAND to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for service in the Channel and victualled for three months with all dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/399
Warrant for the appoinment of Thomas Pledge to be Boatswain of the MARIANA Prize.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/397
Warrant for the appointment of Robert Nixon to be Boatswain of the STERLING CASTLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/391
We direct you to cause a Survey to be taken of the KENT, now at the Buoy of the Nore, or Blackstakes, and report to this Board whether in your opinion she can be refitted in time for Summer service in the Channel as one of the Main Fleet.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-27
ADM/A/1814/401
Warrant for the appointment of James Duffus to be Boatswain of the RUPERT's PRIZE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-28
ADM/A/1814/417
We direct you to cause the CHARLES GALLEY to be cleaned and refitted at Sheerness for Channel service, and victualled for three months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-28
ADM/A/1814/415
Warrant for the appointment of Nicholas Adlington to be Master Carpenter of the Bomb Vessel JULIAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1694-12-28
ADM/A/1814/413
Warrant for the appointment of Edward Steven to be Master Gunner of the Bomb Vessel JULIAN.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-22
ADM/A/1815/21
Thomas Richards is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the WREN pink and you are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 22 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-03
ADM/A/1815/29
Mr George Pullen, late 2nd Lieutenant of the SUFFOLK, is appointed 2nd Lieutenant of the DUNKIRKE going to the West Indies.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-04
ADM/A/1815/43
You are directed to sign a bill on the Treasurer of the Navy for the pay due to the Rt. Hon. Lord Berkeley as Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron from 1 December 1693, the date of his commission for that employment, to 16 April 1694, the date of his commission for Admiral of the Blue.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-04
ADM/A/1815/39
Edward Withers is to be appointed Master Gunner of the GREYHOUND Bomb Vessel and you are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals or himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 4 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-05
ADM/A/1815/51
The ships DUNKIRKE, RESERVE, RUBY, MANCHESTER, SWANN and TERRIBLE are to go to the West Indies under the command of Captain Robert Wilmott of the DUNKIRKE. You are directed to provide Captain Wilmott with money according to what provisions each ship needs and shall carry to pay the seamen.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-02
ADM/A/1815/13
We enclose a letter from Captain Ekines, late Commander of the SEAFLOWER' and direct you to have a survey taken of the new building in Mr Castle's yard and to report to this Board your opinion as to whether she is a fitting ship to serve in the Navy.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-07
ADM/A/1815/65
Peter Crow late Master Gunner of the KITCHIN bomb vessel, is to be appointed Master Gunner of the MACHINE fireship and you are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 7 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-11
ADM/A/1815/59
Joseph Hastings is to be appointed Master Cooke of the PHEONIX bomb vessel and you are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper. His warrant is to be dated 11 January 1695.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-07
ADM/A/1815/57
The MAIDSTONE now at Spithead and lately ordered to be fitted and victualled for the West Indies, is now intended for service in the Channel.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-08
ADM/A/1815/81
You are directed to have the WEYMOUTH, upon her arrival at Portsmouth, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months. Also, her company is to be paid.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-14
ADM/A/1815/144
Thomas Wilkinson Boatswain of the REPORT prize is to be appointed Boatswain of the ASSISTANCE, in place of the former removed to the STERLING CASTLE. You are directed to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant as is proper.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-14
ADM/A/1815/136
You are directed to have the SHARK and DISCOVERY brigantines at Deptford, cleaned and refitted for service in the Channel to attend on the main fleet and to be victualled for 4 months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-15
ADM/A/1815/154
Your letter of 11 January about Captain Thomas Kercher, deceased, and his compliance with his instructions, advised us that he had borne 3407 men for one day more than the complement.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-15
ADM/A/1815/152
Robert Brooks, Seaman of the WOOLWICH, was lately executed for mutiny. You are directed to have the wages due to him for service in the LONDON, BONADVENTURE, ALBERMARLE and WOOLWICH to be paid to such persons lawfully empowered to receive them.
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