In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
The WINCHELSEA and BLAZE, Fireship, are at Spithead and are to be victualled for 4 months, from Portsmouth, ready for a voyage to the Canaries. The WOOLWICH, currently in the Downs, and the PRUDENCE, Hired Ship, ordered to the Downs, are also to undertake a voyage to the Canaries and are to be victualled for 4 months from Dover.