Document signed by Sir John Lowther, Admiralty Commissioner, bap.1642-1706 and Henry Priestman, Admiralty Commissioner, 1647-1712

The two Advice boats at Plymouth are almost ready to be launched. They are to be named POST BOY and MESSENGER, and entered on the list of the Navy; and fitted out for service in the Channel with the highest complement of men and victualled for two months.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1805/426
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-03-29
Creator: Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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