In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Direct you to consider and report whether the SOPHIA Fireship is thought a proper vessel to be fitted out as a Man of War, and what men should be allowed her, as also to the PORTSMOUTH Bomb Yacht, now ordered to be fitted out for Coastal cruising, and likewise what other small vessels can be fitted out for that service, and the nunber of men to be employed in them.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1758/279
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1689-04-27
Creator: Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London