In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
In pursuance of an order of their Excellences the Lords Justices in Council of 7 July, you are directed to have the MACHINE fireship, which is wholly unfit for further service, sunk at Sheerness as lately proposed by you for the better security of the graving place there. She should be placed in the next Privy Seal for the sale of unserviceable ships and stores.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1832/77 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1696-07-09 |
| Creator: | Russell, Edward; Rooke, George Kendall, James |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |