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
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1698-12-15
Creator: Rooke, George; Houblon, John Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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