In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You have informed us that the new sixth Rate Ship building at the Portsmouth Yard will be ready to launch on the 7th inst; which we have named the NEWPORT.
We direct you to cause her to be launched at that time, fitted out for service in the Channel, manned with her highest Complement of Men, victualled for three months, and entered on the List of the Royal Navy accordingly.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1806/44
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry
Date made: 1694-04-04
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)