In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We think it fit that the fireship launched yesterday by Mr Gerssingham be named FLAME, and that the ship to be launched today by Sir Henry Johnson is to be the STROMBOLO. You are to have the ships borne in the Navy by these names accordingly.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1773/37
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1691-03-07
Creator: Lowther, John; Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Austen, Robert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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