In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

The Navy Board has opined that the DRAGON sloop recently taken by the JAMES galley and now at Deptford is suitable for serving as a cruiser between Scotland and Ireland and that in order so to serve should be fitted with eight guns; two padereroes and forty men. Orders are given for her to be established as a cruiser for that role and supplied with stores and provision accordingly.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1760/305
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowther, John; Lee, Thomas Chicheley, John
Date made: 1689-06-28
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)