In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

James Fitchet a Shipwright working for Mr Collins in his Yard at Shoreham has been pressed into service at Portsmouth but as Collins pleads that all his Men except Apprentices have already been taken he is unable to continue building. An Instruction is given for Fitchet to be released.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1790/117
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1692-12-19
Creator: Onslow, Richard; Priestman, Henry Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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