Band 
[Vol. I.]
Seite
XI
JPEG-Download
 

one as Sail-maker’s Crew ; a Gunner, Gunner’s Mate jj^ e omaa of the Powder-Room and Armourer; a Carpenter,Carpenter's Mate, and one as Carpenter’s Crew ; a Steward ;a Cook j a Surgeon, and four Second Surgeon’s Mates.

Store-ships haveFifth-Rate's Pay, and are allowed aCap-ta in, Lieutenant and Master; a Mate and two Midlhip-men ;a Captain’s Clerk, two Quarter-masters, and a Quarter-master’sMate ; a Boatswain, Boatswain’s Mate, Coxswain, Master-Sail-maker, and one as Sail-maker’s Crew; a Gunner, Gun-ner’s Mate, Yeoman of the Powder-Room, two Quarter-Gun-ne rs and an Armourer ; a Carpenter, Carpenter’s Mate, andf'vo Carpenter’s Crew ; a Steward; a Cook ; a Surgeon, Sur-§eon’s Second Mate, and a Corporal.

Sloops, from a Hundred to sixty Men, have Sixth-Rate’sPay, and are allowed, a Captain and Lieutenant; a Mate andtwo Midlhipmen; a Captain’s Clerk, two Quarter-masters anda Quarter-master’s Mate; a Boatswain, Boatswain’s Mate,Coxswain, Master-Sail-maker, and one as Sail-maker’s Crew ;a Gunner, Gunner's Mate, Yeoman of the Powder-Room,xparter-Gunner, and Armourer; a Carpenter, Carpenter’sMate, and two Carpenter’s Crew; a Steward; a Cook; aSur-S e °n, Surgeon’s Second Mate, and a Corporal.

Bomb-Vessels and Sloops, from fifty to forty Men, haveSixth-Rate’s Pay, and are allowed, a Captain, Mate, andMidshipman; a Captain’s Clerk, and Quarter-master; a Boat-L^ain, Boatswain’s Mate, and Master-Sail-maker ; a Gunner,Gunner’s Mate andMate,

§eon.

Armourer; a Carpenter, Carpenter’sand one as Carpenter’s Crew; a Steward; and a Sur-

Yachts of fifty Men have Sixth-Rate’s Pay, and areallow-e u, a Captain and a Midshipman; a Captain’s Clerk, Quarter-master, and Quarter-master’s Mate; a Boatswain, and Boat-swain’s Mate ; a Gunner, Gunner’s Mate, Yeoman of thePowder-Room, and Quarter-Gunner; a Carpenter, Carpenter’sMate, and a Surgeon.

Yachts, from forty to thirty Men, have Sixth-Rates Pay,at jd are allowed a Captain, and a Midshipman ; a Captain’s>Q er k, and a Quarter-master ; a Boatswain and a Boatswain’sVlate ; a Gunner and a Gunner’s Mate ; a Carpenter, a Car-P^nters Mate, and a Surgeon.

midshipman Ordinary.

Cook’s Mate.

I. s. d.!>I 4 O

j per menj.each.

Chaplain.

Ord. Seam.

Shifter.

Barber. ^ per mens.Gun.Taylor. j each.

£°xfwain’s Mate.e pnian of the Boat-

s«r; sRoom -

Coop er _o Seamen.of 1 * Cook.

inary Trumpeter.

Pay of Flag-Officers comments from the Date of theirOimiflions, or Orders to repair to their Squadrons, andguiles to the Day they strike their Flag, by Order,jv* He Pay of Captains and Lieutenants commences from thepj e of their Commissions, unless they are appointed in theT , ace of an Officer removed, who is to enjoy his Pay ’till he isipved by his Successor.

Lieutenant commanding, on the Death of a Captain,t ^ e Pay and Allowances of a Captain, 'till superseded by^uer Captain.

t e Commissions to Captains and Lieutenants are to be en-0 la mhe Navy-Office.

ommission or Warrant-Officers, who quit their Employ-Se s abroad, without Cause, are to be dismissed from the

I\ umber of Men , or Servants, allowed to Officers.as n Lord High Admiral, when he goes to Sea, may haveof n 5QR s he pleases. The Admiral and Commander in Chiefrals » Licet is allowed fifty ; Admirals, thirty; Yice-Admi-Mrn mventy; and Rear-Admirals, fifteen. Of which may beCoru'C *he Ship’s Books, as Servants; To the Admiral andln . Chief of the Fleet, sixteen; To Admirals,C a '. Lo Vice and Rear-Admirals, ten.of thei ai r? are a Howed four Servants in every Hundred MenHer, p Complement. The Lieutenant, Master, Second Ma-de^ t Url ^ r ’ Surgeon, Chaplain, and Cook, in all Shipsf»aiu p lxt y Men inclusive, each one Servant. The Boat-dreq ^Gunner and Carpenter, in all Ships down to a Hun-^ re d tnrV lnc lusive, each two Servants; And from a Hun-Se rva lxt y Men, one Servant.

*he Cq t0 Flag-Officers are to be reckoned over and aboveMd an 0 ff ement of the Ship ; But the Servants of Captains,her Officers,, are to be included in it.

No Servant td be allowed on the Ship's Books; under thir-teen Years of Age, unless the Son of an Officer, and then notunder eleven.

Servants to standing Warrant-Officers are to be bound by In-denture, at least, for five Years!

Officers are to receive no Wages, but for their own Servants,

Of Table-Mony.

The Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet, aslikewise Admirals and Vice-Admirals, when they command inChief, are allowed twenty Shillings a Day for their Table, bothin Home and Foreign Voyages ; For the former, to begin andend with their Sea-Pay; And for the latter, from the Date oftheir Commissions to command in Chief, to the Day of the Ex-piration of that Command.

Of Gratuities to the Relations of Officers , and others, fain inFight with the Enemy.

To a Widow a full Y ear’s Pay ; And to an unmarried Or-phan one Third as much. Posthumous Childrdn to be esteemedas Orphans.

Where there is no Widow, a Mother, who is indigent, aWidow, and above fifty Years of Age, equal Bounty to a Widow.

The Relations of Officers of Fireships, the fame Bounty asthose of Officers of the like Rank, slain in Ships of the FourthRate.

The Words fain in Fight are to be understood of those slainin Tenders, or in Boats, or on Shoar, as well as to those onBoard the Ships; As also in Fight with Pirats, or in Encoun-ters with Friends by Mistake; And Persons dying of theirWounds after Battle.

Captains are to set down the Names of the slain, and uponwhat Occasions at the End of their Muster-Book.

Of Gratuities to Wounded Officers and Seamen.

An Officer receiving a Wound, which shall occasion the Lossof an Eye; or a Limb, or the total Loss of the Use of a Limb,or that shall be of equal Prejudice to the Habit of the Body,with the Loss of a Limb, shall receive a full Year’s Pay, beallowed the Expences of the Cure, (if not performed at HisMajesty's Expence) and continue in Pay during the Time ofhis Cure;

Ships under the Third-Rate, to be esteemed as Third-Rates,with Respect to the Year’s Gratuity.

Volunteers are to have the fame Bounty as Lieutenants.

Officers receiving Wounds, not amounting to the Loss of aLimb, nor of equal Prejudice to the Body, are allowed onlythe Charges of Cure, and the Continuance of Pay.

Under the Words Wounded in Fight are comprehended allthe several Cases included above under those Slain in Fight.

Warrant and Inferiour- Officers and Seamen hurt in the Ser-vice, whether on Board or ashoar, receive the Benefit of theChest at Chatham, according to the Rules and Constitutionsthereof.

Of Penfons to fuperanuated Officers.

Warrant-Officers, who by Age and long Service, areworn out and incapable of discharging their Duty, are to bemaintained during the Rest of their Lives.

Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, Pursers and Cooks,(whose Employments are constant) must have served full fifteenYears ; And Masters and Surgeons (whose Employments arenot constant) eight Years, in their respective Offices, beforethey can apply for Superannuation ; And, then must be ex-amined, as to the State of their Body or Mind.

Officers, whose Employments are constant, being admittedto Superannuation, receive an annual Pension equal to their Pay,in the Ship of the highest Rate they have served in.

Pensions to Masters are equal to Half their Pay, and Sur-geons have the fame Pensions as Masters; from a First-Rate,and so on.

Commiffion-Officers have Pensions, or Allowances, settledon them, as their Cafe deserves, and His Majesty think fit.

Of Carrying Lights.

The Admiral of a Fleet carries three Lights on the Poop,and one on the Main-top- The Vice-Admiral carries two onhis Poop, and one on his Main-top. The Rear-Admiral carriesone on his i Poop, and one on his Main-top- The Vice-Admi-ral of each particular Squadron carries only two on his Poop,and the Rear-Admiral one. When the whole Fleet carry theirLights, as they do when it is foul Weather, or dark Nights,then, for Distinction, the Rear-Admiral carries two Lights, atthe Ensign-Staff, one a Yard above the other.

IV. Several