In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Giving specific instructions for preserving ships in Ordinary at Chatham and Portsmouth by scraping the hulls and the coating of masts with tar, rosin and tallow as appropriate. Ships in Ordinary in other Yards are to be treated similarly.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1864/5
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1699-04-01
Creator: Russell, Edward; Rooke, George Houblon, John Kendall, James Wharton, Goodwin
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London