In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

The Advice Boat MERCURY is in the Downs having received some damage from from a Dutch Dogger, and also needs cleaning, and we have ordered her to Dover for this purpose.
We direct you cause her to be cleaned and refitted and put in a condition for the Sea with all dispatch.
Having ordered the MONCK at Spithead into Portsmouth Harbour we direct you to order her cleaning and refitting there for Service in the Channel and victualled for three months.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1814/184
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-12-14
Creator: Priestman, Henry; Cornwallis, Charles Rooke, George Houblon, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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