In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
We are informed by your letter of the 11th inst; that the new Fireship building in this River by Mr Jonas Shish is designed to be launched on Saturday next. We direct you to cause her ( which we have named VULCAN ) to be fitted out for service in the Channel, and that she be manned with a complement of forty four Men, and victualled for four months or as much as she can conveniently stow.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1772/71 |
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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: | 1691-02-16 |
| Creator: | Austen, Robert; Herbert, Thomas Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |