In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Enclosing the sworn testimony of Mary Poulden of Gillingham regarding the burning of the ROYAL SOVEREIGN at her moorings at that place. The Navy Board is strictly instructed to investigate the matter and to report on the established provisions governing the safeguarding of ships at Chatham, Deptford, Woolwich and Portsmouth.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1827/223
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1696-02-20
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Austen, Robert Cornwallis, Charles
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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