Document signed by Sir John Lowther, Admiralty Commissioner, bap.1642-1706 and Robert Austen, Lord of the Admiralty, 1642-1696

An estimate is required for paying the MORDANT, SWALLOW and RICHMOND up to last March. The DIAMOND and NORWICH are to be fitted out with all speed for departure from the Nore by 15th September in order to accompany merchant ships sailing for the West Indies. The SWEEPSTAKES and the BONAVENTURE Hired ship due at the Rowling Grounds from the North are to be supplied from Harwich with three months victuals each.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1776/68
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowther, John; Austen, Robert
Date made: 1691-08-15
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)