In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Informing that Captain Fairfax has been appointed to the RUBY but has been prevented from taking up his post by being sent on a recruiting mission to the North; and directing that despite circumstances he is to be entered on the ships books as having joined from the date of his commission. The RUPERT is to be supplied with tenders for recruiting purposes similar to other Third Rate vessels.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1804/281
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-02-21
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Lowther, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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