In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to cause the BRITTANNIA to be girdled with a girdling of eight inches thick as is proposed in your letter to this Board on the 2nd inst; we further direct you not to hire a Ketch to attend the West Indies Squadron until you receive further Orders.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1777/11
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1691-10-03
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London