In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to cause the four Hospital Ships ordered to be hired for the service of their Majesties' Fleet designed for this next Summer's Expedition, to be made fitting to accommodate one hundred and fifty Men in each Ship, and fitted out to Sea with all possible dispatch, and furnished in all respects as Hospital ships, together with Surgeons as usual to take care of the Sick and Wounded Men.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1780/199
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1691-01-22
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Austen, Robert Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London