In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Your letter of 14 April advised us that you had hired two merchant ships to be employed as hospital ships to attend the fleet. The CONCORD, Ralph Crow, Master and the SOCIETY, Henry Collins, Master, are to be manned and victualled as hospital ships were in the last war. They are to be manned with 45 men each, as per the contracts you have made with the owners, and are to be allowed a Captain, Master, two Mates, a Boatswain, Gunner and Carpenter. They are to be furnished with 4 months victuals.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1767/64
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Vaughan, John Lowther, John
Date made: 1690-04-19
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)