In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You advised us by your letter of 15 July to our Secretary, that the ne 5th Rate building at Plymouth, which we have named LOOE and established with the same number of men and number and nature of guns as are allowed 5th Rates last built, may be ready to be launched by 4th or 5th of next month. You are directed to have her launched as soon as conveniently may be and fitted out for service in the Channel, manned with her highest complement of men and victualled for 10 weeks She is to be entered and registered on the list of the Royal Navy and you are to have Captain Paul, her Commander, to be furnished with a tender for the better manning of her.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1832/177
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1696-07-17
Creator: Rich, Robert; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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