In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

You have informed us that the new 3rd Rate building at Portsmouth, which we have named the SHREWSBURY, will be ready for launching the last Spring in January next.
We direct you to cause her launching as soon as convenient, and fitted out for Channel service, manned with her highest Complement of Men, and victualled for four months with all dispatch.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1814/395
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1694-12-27
Creator: Austen, Robert; Rooke, George Houblon, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London