In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Your letter of the 26th March last represented that the Service does necessarily require the several works following to be performed this Summer at the Chatham Yard.
The building of a new Hulk for careening the Great Ships.
The taking down of ten Mast houses in the new Yard.
The building of a new Yard with Brick.
Enlarging the Sail Loft and making a Tar Cellar.
Building five more small houses in Sheerness Yard for Workmens' Lodgings.
You sent Estimates of the Charges for these Works, which are to be taken in hand as soon as convenient, and we herewith return the Estimates which are confirmed by this Board.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1806/16
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-04-02
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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