In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Captain Robert Leonard of HM Store Ship CANTERBURY has had four men, named in the margin [Thomas Wilson, Robert Humphreys, George Preston, ? Hambleton] belonging to the Society Hospital Ship have volunteered to go with him to the West Indies. We direct you to cause the men mentioned and any others that are willing to go to the West Indies in the CANTERBURY to be transferred, with the Commander of the Society providing Tickets for their service in her to be given to the captain of the CANTERBURY.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1788/139
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1692-10-12
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Austen, Robert Lowther, John Rich, Robert Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London