In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You have informed us that the new sixth rate Ship building by Mr Barrett at Shoreham, which we have named the FALCON, will be ready to launch on the 28th of this month. We direct you to cause her to be launched accordingly, fitted out for service in the Channel, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for three months with all possible dispatch.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1811/164
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert Cornwallis, Charles Houblon, John
Date made: 1694-09-17
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)