Manuscript letter & orderbook. Copies of Admiralty letters & orders to Shovell, Vice-Admiral of the Red and Admiral of the Blue.

The manuscript covers Shovell's assault on Cameret Bay, the burning of Dieppe and attacks on the French coast, voyage to Gothenberg, blockading of Dunkirk and Calais; and also William Meester's 'machine vessels' from the 4 May 1694 to 4 June 1696.

Record Details

Item reference: ROM/10; REG14/000588.10 U1515/018
Catalogue Section: Artificial collections previously assembled
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume: 98 pages; in two parts.
Date made: 1677 - 1678; 1678 - 1679 1683 1687-1690 12th November 1690 1690 - 1693 1693 26 January to 1693 26 January to 28 September 1693 27 January to 28 September 1693 1694-05-04 - 1696-06-04 4 May 1694 to 4 June 1696
Creator: Narbrough, John; Pepys, Samuel Orton, George Shovell, Cloudesley Bowles, Phineas Herbert, Arthur Trenchard, John Bayfield, Henry Wolsey Killigrew, Henry Delaval, Ralph Rooke, George Lords of the Admiralty
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London