In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Direct you to cause the CROWN, (now at Woolwich ) to be repaired in this Yard, and her men be turned over into the HAMPSHIRE when she is ordered out, also the BRISTOL and RESOLUTION be refitted with what speed can be, the former at Portsmouth and the latter at Chatham.
Further direct you cause the Fireships St. PAUL, ROEBUCK and UNITY to be laid up, the former at Deptford and the latter two at Portsmouth where they are, causing twenty of the men on the ST. PAUL to be turned over to the CADIZ MERCHANT, and those of the other two ships as Admiral Herbert shall direct.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1758/147
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1688-03-19
Creator: Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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