Instructions relating to His Majesty's service at sea.

  • Great Britain. Admiralty
Date:
1825
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Instructions relating to His Majesty's service at sea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. He is to take every opportunity, which the Service he may be employed on will admit, to exercise the Ships under his command, in performing all such Evolutions as might be necessary in the presence of an Enemy. He is to see that every Ship performs correctly her part in such Evolutions; and he is on such, as on all other occasions, to be careful that a proper example of attention and alertness be shewn to the Fleet by the Ship which carries his Flag. 3. He is to direct the Commanders of Squadrons and Divisions to muster occasionally the Crews of the Ships under their orders; to inquire into the qualities of the Men and their fitness for the Stations in which they are rated; to inspect the state of each Ship, and the Order and Discipline observed in it, particularly the expertness of the Crew in the established exercise of the Great Guns ; the degree of attention paid to cleanliness, and to other means of preserving the health of the Crew, and to all the established regulations; and to make a particular report to him on all these subjects. And when the other duties of the Fleet will admit of it, he is to visit the Ships, and inquire into these things himself. 4. He is to correspond regularly with the several Boards, informing them of all orders he may give relating to their respective Depart- ments, except such as have reference only to the ordinary supplies of Stores and Provisions. He is to inform them of any neglect he may observe in the Officers they employ; and to point out to them any improvements in their respective Departments, which his obser- vations may enable him to suggest. c GENERAL