In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Several Officers have been appointed to the hired Ship SUCCESS in her late voyage to the West Indies as undermentioned;

James Knowles Master
Humphrey Forster Boatswain
Christopher Coward Cook
John Taylor Carpenter
Appointed by Warrant from Captain Wright, C-in-C, and by Warrant from Captain Kirby .
We direct you to cause the said Officers to be allowed Wages for the time of their service according to the qualities in which they respectively served.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1785/168
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1692-07-18
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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