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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-30 ADM/A/1812/349

Requiring the SEAFLOWER Hired ship to be paid off and discharged the service on arrival at Deptford.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-09 ADM/A/1813/75

The new 4th Rate being built at Deptford by Mr Snelgrove and expected to be launched at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, is to be named PEMBROOK. She is to fitted out for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-06 ADM/A/1813/37

The Commanding Officer and crew of the GRANADA, Bomb Vessel, are to be paid their wages notwithstanding the loss of all the officers' journals and accounting papers when she was blown up by an enemy bomb before Havre de Grace.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/47

Captain Ayles is to be sent to the Straights and is to have someone appointed to assist him there. Two candidates for this post, Messrs Bowles and Gibson, are to be interviewed by the Commissioners of the Victualling who will select one of them and negotiate his terms of employment.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/41

Warrant appointing George Pell to be Master Carpenter of the SEAHORSE, 6th Rate.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/59

The Commanding Officer and crew of the WILD, Prize, are to be paid their wages notwithstanding the loss of all the officers' journals and accounting papers when she was taken by the enemy.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/57

1. To opine how many men and the type and number of guns should be established on the two Ketches being built at Southampton and Portsmouth.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/55

The new Third Rate soon to be launched at Southampton is to be named DORSETSHIRE and is to be fitted out as soon as possible for service in the Channel, manned with her full complement of men and victualled for 4 months.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-11-07 ADM/A/1813/53

Richard Taylor to be paid wages his for the time he served as Master of the BOYNE, unless there is any objection other than the want of his journals.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-04 ADM/A/1812/43

The Tenders of eight ships in the Thames and Medway and named in the margin are to be discharged and their crews are to be turned over into the VANGUARD at the Nore and the men of any other Tenders are to be put aboard any of HM ships that are in their vicinity.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-09-10 ADM/A/1811/318

Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Mill to be Purser of the EDGAR.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/88

The FIREBRAND Fireship has been ordered into Sheerness where she is to be fitted for a voyage to the West Indies and victualled for eight months service.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/80

Enclosing an extract of a letter from Captain Middleton Commander of the FALCON at Shoreham in which he proposes hiring some men from Brighthelmstone [Brighton] as Riggers to assist in repairing his ship.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/96

Wanting to know how Tenders are manned and whether their Masters are responsible for that function; and also wishing to know how the men attached to Tenders have been disposed of during the past two years.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-08 ADM/A/1812/90

Informing that Captain Wilshaw, a member of the Navy Board, has been ordered to go to Cadiz to supervise the refitting of HM Fleet based in the Straits. He is to be allowed five hundred pounds a year of which two hundred and eighty pounds is to be advanced to him now to cover extra expenses.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-09 ADM/A/1812/108

Confirming a Warrant issued by Admiral Russell dated 23rd May 1694 for Mathew Morgan to be Boatswain of the CHARLES Fireship. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-10 ADM/A/1812/109

Warrant appointing Bennett Smith, late Cook of the SCARBOROUGH, to be Master Cook of the WINCHELSEA. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/57

Two new Sixth Rates have been launched in the Thames. Orders are given for them to be supplied with stores as soon as possible and for dockyard labour and Riggers to assist their Commanders in taking the vessels down to Longreach.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/55

Warrant appointing John Wallas to be Master Cook of the RESERVE Fourth Rate in place of the former who has been removed. Countersigned by William Bridgeman, Secretary to the Admiralty Board.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-04 ADM/A/1812/49

The Clerk of the Cheque at Woolwich has reported that on carrying out a night muster of the various vessels listed here he has noted the absence of a number of Captains and Masters who were not on board when he called. The list contains the names of ten vessels.…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-06 ADM/A/1812/67

The Navy Board has copied a letter received from the Commissioners for Victualling to the Admiralty in which they enquire what credits should be sent to the Fleet commanded by Admiral Russell for paying the seamen their short allowance money and which ships should be preferred where victualling is c…

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-05 ADM/A/1812/65

The Admiralty wishes to know the salaries proposed for Officers who are to proceed to Kinsale. The work of repairing the DEFIANCE is to be put in hand as soon as possible. The new Hulk building at Chatham is to be named the CHATHAM HULK.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-06 ADM/A/1812/74

A tender has been made by a Mr Arthur Holford for a small Frigate building by Mr Barrett at Shoreham. The Board is instructed to survey the vessel and report on whether she is suitable for use as a Man-of-War. A copy of the tender is enclosed.

In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1694-10-10 ADM/A/1812/128

The DISCOVERY Brigantine at Deptford is to be laid up and paid off.