In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Due to disparities between them the ships listed in the margin of this letter are to be downgraded from 4th to 5th Rates and are to be established as such with the commensurate number of Men and Guns. Their present Officers and Men are to be reduced accordingly.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1838/188
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1697-01-19
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London