In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to have HMS ROYAL KATHERINE cleaned and graved as soon as maybe. We require you forthwith to discharge the hired ships George, Sampson, and Berkeley Castle and the Companies belong to them (excluding Commission and Warrant Officers) to be turned over, the George men to HMS ELISABETH [ELIZABETH], the others to HMS BRITANNIA, they are to be their due wages. The Merchant ships are to be held at the buoy at the Nore.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1771/127
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1691-01-20
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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