Catalogue description Copy letter from Captain Cook of the Resolution at Sheerness to the Board. He has...

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Details of ADM 354/186/191
Reference: ADM 354/186/191
Description:

Copy letter from Captain Cook of the Resolution at Sheerness to the Board. He has considered the dimensions of the masts and yards of the sloop and thinks the lower masts will bear to be shortened about 2 feet but that it will not be necessary to reduce them in thickness. A man has been in this yard since the ship was here, who knew her in the merchant service and he has asserted that she was a stiff ship before we got her and was displeased at the report that had been raised against her.

Enclosure
Date: 1772 May 21
Held by: National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: ADM B/186
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open Immediately

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