In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

The Service requires the speedy dispatch of HM Fire ships CYGNET and [HAWKE] and the Bomb Vessel PHOENIX refitting at Sheerness for service in the West Indies. They are to be fitted out for sea and provisioned without any loss of time. We also direct that the CYGNET to be furnished with men from the EAGLE guardship sufficient to provisioned and sailing her to the Buoy of the Nore then to be returned to their proper ship.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1788/234
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1692-10-24
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Austen, Robert Lowther, John Cary, Anthony Onslow, Richard Rich, Robert Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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