Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694

This is in answer to yours of yesterday concerning the seven Ships that are dispatched from the Docks at Chatham. I am to inform you that one of them, the EXPEDITION, has been some days at Blackstakes, and Orders are sent to the Commanders of the others to get them down there at the first opportunity, and the like Orders will be sent for the rest of the Ships there as they shall be dispatched from the Yards.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1802/89
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Southerne, James
Date made: 1693-12-09
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)