In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We direct you to cause the SWIFTSURE at Deptford to be fitted out to Sea for Channel service, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for three months.
Also that you cause her Commander, Captain Gerrard Elwes, to be furnished with a Tender for her better manning, and to give directions for entering Men on her.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1834/165
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-09-16
Creator: Rich, Robert; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London