Comt'ee Navy 2'nd December 1645

It is ordered that the Comm'rs of the Navy doe conferre w'th the Master Shipwright @ his assistant appointed to buyld the Three ffrigatts and doe cause them to frame a platt or moddle of them severally @ present the same to the Lords @ others of the Committee of the Admiralty with all convenient speed.

Giles Grene

[Admiralty Library]

The Master Shipwright referred to was Peter Pett of Ratcliffe, Master Shipwright at the Woolwich and Deptford Royal Shipyards from 1629 to 1652. The three ships were Assurance, Nonsuch, and Adventure.

Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius

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