Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694

Your Board having proposed that the BASON GALLY should carry Eighteen Guns Sakers, but did not mention what weights they should be, and my Lord Sydney desiring to know the same, I pray you send forthwith an account to me what Guns belong to her, and what weights the Sakers should be for his Lordships information .
Also desire you send down a Master to the RUPERT's PRIZE at Rye as soon as may be, her Commander informing that this Officer is badly needed.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1802/165
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1693-12-18
Creator: Southerne, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London