In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We have appointed Captain Basil Beaumont to command the Squadron which is to lie off Dunkirk. We direct you to cause him to be furnished with the Signal Colours usual in like cases, and a Top Light, taking receipts for the same from the proper Officers of the ESSEX, which Ship he will board.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1842/304
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1697-05-26
Creator: Russell, Edward; Priestman, Henry Rich, Robert Houblon, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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