In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
A Court Martial lately held into the loss of the Sedgemore has cleared and aquitted Lieutenant Berkeley, Lieutenant Charles Hawkins, Humphrey Saunders, Master, Michael Kirby and William Lindsey, Mates. Direct you to pay the wages due to them for service on board her.
Jeremiah Gardner, the Pilot of the ship at the time of her grounding, is for his negligence judged incapable of serving in that capacity on any of HM ships, and is to forfeit his wages.
Jeremiah Gardner, the Pilot of the ship at the time of her grounding, is for his negligence judged incapable of serving in that capacity on any of HM ships, and is to forfeit his wages.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1758/243 |
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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: | 1689-04-20 |
| Creator: | Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |