In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
Confirmation that Richard Brookes, a Boy belonging to the SPEEDWELL, was instrumental in exposing a conspiracy to seize the ship and sail it away together with the QUEENBOROUGH for which a man was hanged. Brookes is to be awarded twenty pounds for advancement in the Navy.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1860/155 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1698-12-15 |
| Creator: | Rooke, George; Houblon, John Kendall, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |