Document signed by Sir John Lowther, Admiralty Commissioner, bap.1642-1706 and Henry Priestman, Admiralty Commissioner, 1647-1712

The two Advice boats at Plymouth are almost ready to be launched. They are to be named POST BOY and MESSENGER, and entered on the list of the Navy; and fitted out for service in the Channel with the highest complement of men and victualled for two months.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1805/426
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry
Date made: 1694-03-29
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)