In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You have informed us that the new sixth rate Ship building by Mr Barrett at Shoreham, which we have named the FALCON, will be ready to launch on the 28th of this month. We direct you to cause her to be launched accordingly, fitted out for service in the Channel, manned with her highest complement of Men, and victualled for three months with all possible dispatch.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1811/164
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1694-09-17
Creator: Lowther, John; Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert Cornwallis, Charles Houblon, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London