In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Your letter of 5 January advised us that the new 5th rate ship building at Ipswich is to be launched about 20 February and is to be named the MILFORD and established with the same number of men and guns allowed for the PORTSMOUTH. You are directed to have her fitted for service in the Channel and victualled for 3 months with all possible dispatch and entered on the list of the Royal Navy.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1815/83
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lowther, John; Rooke, George Houblon, John
Date made: 1695-01-08
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)