In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Captain Leader, Commander of the CHATHAM, has given an account in his letter of the 21st inst; to our Secretary, of some damage the Ship has received. We are sending a Copy of this letter and direct you cause a careful Survey to be taken of the Ship, and that she be repaired with all dispatch.
The Commander of the PLAY PRIZE at the Buoy of the Nore has given an account by his letter of the 21st inst; that he is not yet supplied with a Furnace. We direct you to enquire, and let us know, how the Ship has come to lay so long there without one.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1799/247
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1693-09-23
Creator: Lowther, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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