In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Enclosure: Copy of a letter from Captain William Wright aboard the MONMOUTH yacht at Chester listing a number of defects with his ship and the impossibility of complying with his instructions of returning to Belfast. He debates the practicability of having her converted either to a Smack or a Ketch rig for which there are various pros and cons.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1764/70
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1689-11-14
Creator: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London