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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-09 ADM/A/1801/91
The Board is summoned to appear before the King in a Cabinet Council meeting next Sunday afternoon in order to receive instructions regarding victualling, and to supply estimates of the sums of money required to fit out the fleet for service next year, together with schedules showing the phasing o…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-09 ADM/A/1801/89
The crew of the PLAY Prize is to be reduced on arrival at Portsmouth. She is to be sheathed and fitted for a voyage to the West Indies and supplied with eight months provisions of good quality.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-02 ADM/A/1801/24
The Third Rates ELIZABETH, BREDA, DREADNOUGHT, MONMOUTH and MONTAGUE have been ordered into various Royal and private yards on the Thames for survey and repair as soon as possible, and made ready for sea.
Document signed by Henry Guy, Secretary to the Treasury, 1631-1711 (Manuscript) 1693-11-02 ADM/A/1801/34
The meeting to discuss the proposal made by Auditors for converting the receipts of the Cashier of Victualling into imprests is postponed until Friday of next week when the presence of the Navy Board will again be required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-02 ADM/A/1801/32
Due to the nature of her masts the HAMPSHIRE is very unbalanced. The Commander has opined that if they were to be shortened by two feet she would sail much better. Her masts are to be surveyed and shortened as judged necessary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-03 ADM/A/1801/40
The wages due to Edward Manning for service in the VIRGIN Prize are to be paid regardless of the lack of a certificate.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-10-31 ADM/A/1801/43
Enclosure: Extract of a letter from Captain Dove of the PEARL Prize at Harwich in which he tells how difficulties in attempting to leave harbour in high winds and insufficient depth of water were encountered and the resulting damage to his ship caused by hasty manoeuvring.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-03 ADM/A/1801/42
Captain Dove of the PEARL Prize has reported that his ship has been damaged by bad weather. An extract of his letter is enclosed. The Board is to survey her and report on whether she may be repaired at Harwich where she now is.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) ADM/A/1801/58
Undated enclosure: a garbled account of malpractices at Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards involving the wastage of timber and rope. The writer declines to give his name fearing assassination. At the foot of the page the name of the Earl of Nottingham appears.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-04 ADM/A/1801/51
The Squadron destined for the Mediterranean is to be supplied urgently with as much of the six months dry and two months wet provisions as can be obtained from Portsmouth, Plymouth and the surrounding areas.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-04 ADM/A/1801/49
The EXPEDITION now undocked at Chatham is to be readied for the sea and supplied with three months victuals for service in the Channel.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1693-11-10 ADM/A/1801/105
The GREYHOUND has been ordered to Sheerness. She is to be cleaned and refitted immediately on arrival and supplied with three months victuals or as much as is required to complete her victualling.