In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You informed us by your letter of the 18th inst; that the DUKE may be launched at Chatham at the latter end of October or at the latest by the middle of November.
We direct you to cause her to be launched accordingly and placed in proper moorings in the River Medway, and according to your proposal you are to cause the ALBEMARLE be docked in her place and rebuilt with all convenient dispatch.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1884/164
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1701-07-22
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Mitchell, David Churchill, George
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London