In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Have received your letter of the 9th instant, giving your reasons why Vice Admiral Hopson is not paid his Half Pay; and in answer thereto we are to acquaint you, that he had orders from this Board the 13th of September last to go to Sea with a Squadron of HM Ships to look after a French Squadron then abroad.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1828/136
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-03-11
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Cornwallis, Charles Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London