In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You have informed us that the new 3rd Rate building at Portsmouth, which we have named the SHREWSBURY, will be ready for launching the last Spring in January next.
We direct you to cause her launching as soon as convenient, and fitted out for Channel service, manned with her highest Complement of Men, and victualled for four months with all dispatch.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1814/395
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Austen, Robert; Rooke, George Houblon, John
Date made: 1694-12-27
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)