In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
The TRIDENT, ASSISTANCE, FORESIGHT, GOSPORT, SHOREHAM and FAVERSHAM, being ordered to Portsmouth; the BRISTOL and CHESTER to Plymouth; the RUBY and SCARBOROUGH to Chatham; you are directed to have these ships fitted for foreign convoys, and those not sheathed to be sheathed. They are to be manned with their middle complement and each furnished with 4 months provisions with all possible dispatch.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1835/69 |
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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: | 1696-10-07 |
| Creator: | Rich, Robert; Priestman, Henry Rooke, George |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |