In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Having ordered the DEFIANCE and DUNKIRK up to Chatham we direct you upon their arrival there to cause them to be cleaned and refitted for Channel service, provided they need only cleaning and ordinary repairs so as not to delay other Navy Vessels there. They are to be victualled for ten weeks, giving us an account of what you do.
We also direct you to cause the SWEEPSTAKE at Sheerness to be cleaned and refitted there for Channel service and victualled for ten weeks or three months.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1834/329
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-09-28
Creator: Rich, Robert; Rooke, George Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London