Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742)

The Admiralty Commissioners have by their Order of the 13th inst; directed the ETNA Fireship to be refitted at Plymouth for the Sea if it should be thought fit for the Service to do this. You are directed by the Commissioners to give me an account of what you have done concerning her.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1834/177
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-09-17
Creator: Burchett, Josiah
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London