In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Whereas in your letter yesterday into the several surveys and enquires into the condition of the wrecks of HMS HARWICH and HENRIETTA wrecked near Plymouth, that neither is found fitting to be built on or repaired, nor can be disposed of to any advantage to HM Navy, other than being broken up and reused for other requirements. Upon consideration we direct you to have them broken up.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1788/270
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1692-10-28
Creator: Cornwallis, Charles; Austen, Robert Lowther, John Cary, Anthony Onslow, Richard Rich, Robert Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London