In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Our ships here are in great want of bread, pease and oatmeal and cannot be furnished at present from the victuallers, which if not procured in a little time I must be obliged to draw from those ships that are for foreign voyages. Signed by Rear Admiral John Benbow.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1839/154
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1697-02-14
Creator: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London