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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-02 ADM/A/1837/18
A Commission was granted by Lord Berkeley, C-in-C of HM Fleet, dated June 6th 1696, for Captain John Fletcher to command the ELIZABETH.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-02 ADM/A/1837/14
We direct you to cause all HM Ships now in Ordinary, as well as the Men of War, Fireships, Bomb Vessels and others that want repairs, and may be useful for next Summer's service, to be refitted and put into a condition for the Sea as fast as the other pressing Works for the Navy will allow.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-04 ADM/A/1837/32
We direct you to cause the Masts, Yards, and Sails of the ROYAL TRANSPORT to be surveyed by some experienced Sea Officers, and opine if she can be employed as a cruising Frigate, and what number of Men may be proper for her, and what Provisions she can conveniently stow.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-03 ADM/A/1837/30
We direct you to cause the SEVERN (now at Plymouth) to be cleaned and refitted there for Service in the Channel, and victualled for ten weeks, with all possible dispatch.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-05 ADM/A/1837/61
Edward Mason, Master Mate, with nine Men belonging to the PEMBROKE, were sent to Plymouth with a Prize taken by her, and the PEMBROKE sailed to the Straights leaving them behind.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-05 ADM/A/1837/59
We direct you to opine where it is most proper to order the GOSPORT, (now at Spithead), to be sheathed and fitted for a voyage to New York. You are to give Orders for caulking the FOWEY and FEVERSHAM at Spithead, where they now are, with all dispatch.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-04 ADM/A/1837/55
Warrant for the appointment of John Shallowby to be Master Cook of the Fireship St. PAUL.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-07 ADM/A/1837/73
We have been informed that notwithstanding the WARSPITE was refitted when she went to Sea, she has returned to Port very leaky and in a bad condition.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-07 ADM/A/1837/71
It being intended that two Marine Regiments shall be recruited forthwith, we herewith send to you the Accounts which we have received from the Colonels of the said Regiments concerning their effective Men, and direct you to examine these and give an account to this Board as soon as possible how far …
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-07 ADM/A/1837/69
The Lords Committee of the House of Peers have by their Order of the 4th inst; directed us to give them a particular account in what condition the Ships now at Sea are, and whether when they were set out they were in thorough Repairs, or only in such Repairs as would enable them to perform the sever…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-06 ADM/A/1837/67
Warrant for the appointment of George Orchard to be Master Gunner of the Bomb Vessel MORTAR.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-05 ADM/A/1837/65
We direct you to cause the Company belonging to the hired Ship ST. MALO at Plymouth, except Commissioned and Warrant Officers and their Servants, to be turned over to the BONAVENTURE, now at that Port, and that the ST. MALO be paid off and discharged from the Service.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1697-01-22 ADM/A/1837/363
Letter concerning a Tender made to the Admiralty commissioners of a Frigate building in the River Thames. Signed Edward Snelgrove, a merchant yard builder.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript) 1696-12-12 ADM/A/1837/362
We direct you to cause all possible dispatch to be made in getting the SUNDERLAND out of Portsmouth harbour.…