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 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1694-03-29 |
| Creator: | Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |