Captain not to make any alteration in the Masts, Yards or Sails of the Ship, &c.

unless from peculiar circumstances, of which he is to inform the Secretary of the Admiralty or Commander in Chief.

To order a Centinel to be posted at the Hatchway or Scuttle leading to the magazine ; who is to prevent all persons going down without orders from Commanding Officer of the watch,

To see that a light, if required, be put in a secure lanthorn.

Not to allow wines and spirits to be carried down unless there be Cabins of Officers in the fore Cockpit.

To take every precaution to prevent accidents by fire.

Not to allow lights to be used but in good lanthorns in the orlop or cable tiers.

Not to allow the smoking of tobacco except in the galley.

Other precautions.

Fires and lights to be extinguished at the setting of the watch.

Spirituous liquors to be drawn off upon deck, and by day light only, except in cases of emergency.

Not to allow any person to suttle on board. [To act as sutler ; to supply provisions Ed.]

Nor the men to sell, exchange, or dispose of their slop clothes or bedding.

No debts so contracted to be charged as tobacco, &c.

To obtain for the Ship�s company, cleanliness, dryness, and good air ; upper decks to be washed every morning, and lower decks as often as the weather will admit.

To be swept twice every day.

Hammocks to be carried upon deck and ports to be opened when the weather will admit.

Ventilators to be worked.

Ship always to be pumped dry.

Fires to be made in the stoves when the lower deck ports cannot be opened.

To attend particularly to the cleanliness of the men ; not to suffer them to sleep in wet clothes.

To examine and rate the Ship�s company according to their respective abilities.

Petty Officers to be rated from men properly qualified.

Rules to be observed in rating the Ship�s Company.

Master's Mates and Midshipmen to keep Log-books.

He is as early as possible to make arrangement for quartering the Officers and Men, distributing them to the guns, musketry, rigging, &c. and that every man may know his station in time of action, he is to cause, not only a general table containing the names of all the Officers and men and their respective stations to be hung up in some public place in the ship, but also particular lists to be fixed over every gun, and at every place where men are quartered, containing the names of the Officers and Men appointed to that quarter ; and he is to call the men to their quarters and muster them there, as frequently as possible, until they are perfectly acquainted with their stations. He is to exercise the Ship's company frequently at the guns and musketry, to render them expert in time of battle, and the times of their being exercised are to be mentioned in the Ship's Log-book. And it being of the utmost consequence that newly raised seamen or landmen should, as expeditiously as possible, be made acquainted with all the duties which may be required of them, the Captain is to allot a part of every day, if circumstances will admit of it, to the exercising of such men in bending and unbending, loosing, reefing, and furling the sails ; rigging, and unrigging the topmasts ; sending up and down the top-gallant yards and masts ; rowing in boats ; heaving the lead ; and in every other duty which it may be necessary for a seaman to perform either at Sea or in harbour.

To quarter the Officers and Men as early as possible.

General Quarter Bill to be hung up in a public part of the Ship, particularly lists every gun and place where men are quartered.

To exercise the Ship�s Company at the guns and musketry, and the times of exercising to be mentioned.

To allot a part of the day to exercise newly raised men in bending and unbending sails.

As occasions may frequently occur in which it may be of great importance that Seamen should be skilful in the use of muskets, the Captain is to order a number of Sailors, equal at least to that mentioned below, to be trained to the use of them and, if possible, to be exercised every day under the direction of the junior Lieutenant, the Master at Arms, and the Ship�s Corporals ; and when they shall have attained to such perfection as shall fit them for being employed wherever musketry may be required, he is to order another party to be trained ; and so on until the whole of the Ship�s Company are become expert. The men are also to be taught the use of the cutlass and half pike, and they are to be frequently exercised in the various modes of boarding the ship of an enemy and of repelling the attacks of Boarders. And as it may be necessary occasionally to employ Seamen on shore in operations against an enemy, the number of men, as expressed in the table underneath, are to be trained more particularly for that purpose.

Number of men in each rate to be trained to the use of the muskets.

To train a certain number of Seamen to the use of muskets.

A second party to be trained when the first shall be perfect, and so on ; to teach them the use of the half-pike and cutlass.

Number to be trained for the purpose of being employed on shore against the enemy.

He is to direct the officers to be very particular in observing that the Gunner, during exercise, is attentive to instruct the men at their respective quarters to point the guns properly, and to assist him in enforcing attention to this necessary duty ; and to do this more effectually, as well as to enable him to judge the progress they make, he is to direct the Gunner to supply every month, for six months after the guns are first received on board, as many cartridges of powder, and as many round-shot for the upper deck guns as shall amount to one third of their number ; and as many musket cartridges with ball as may be required to furnish each man of one half, of the Seamen, and all the Marines, with twelve ; and as many without ball as will furnish each man of that number with twenty-four. But, after the first six months, he is to direct the Gunner to supply only half that quantity for both guns and muskets.

To direct the Officers to see that the Gunner is attentive in instructing the men to point the guns.

To direct the Gunner to supply a certain quantity of powder and shot.

To divide the Ship�s company into as many divisions as there are Lieutenants allowed to the Ship.

A Lieutenant to command each division.

Lieutenants to be responsible for the conduct of the men in their respective divisions.

Marines also to be divided into separate divisions.

If any Officers be absent from the Ship when a Captain receives orders to sail, or to hold himself in readiness for sailing, he is to send their names to the Secretary of the Admiralty, or to the Office to whose department they belong, and to the Commander in Chief, if there be one at the port, with information of the cause of their absence, that, if it shall be thought proper, other Officers may be appointed in their stead.

To send the names of any Officers, who may be absent when he shall receive Orders to sail, to the Secretary of the Admiralty.

He is not to allow of any woman being carried to Sea in the Ship ; nor of any Foreigners, who are Officers or Gentlemen, being received on board the Ship, either as passengers, or as part of the crew, without orders from his Superior Officer, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

To keep a Log-book according to the form (No. 25).

To send a copy of this Log-book at the end of every six Calendar Months to the Admiralty.

As the acquiring of a perfect knowledge of all Foreign Coasts, with the Harbours, Bays, and other Roadsteds thereon ; the ascertaining with accuracy of their latitudes and longitudes ; the variation of the compass ; the winds and currents which prevail on them ; the dangers with which the approach to them is attended, and the means of avoiding them ; the disposition of the Inhabitants ; the productions of the country, and the supplies which it might afford to Ships or Fleets ; may tend materially to the improvement of the Commerce of the Country, and may be of infinite consequence to His Majesty's service ; every Captain is strictly enjoined, in whatever part of the world he may be employed, to exert himself to obtain the best possible information on all these subjects, and on all others which may in any degree tend to the improvement of navigation or the increase of nautical knowledge. He is to direct all the Officers under his command, who may be properly qualified, to determine with the utmost accuracy in their power the latitude and longitude of every Port he goes to, and of every remarkable Promontory, or Head-land with the setting of the tides and currents. He is to order the Master to keep a book according to the form (No. 26) and to insert in the several columns the most perfect and circumstantial account he can obtain of the subjects to which they are respectively allotted ; and to enable him to do so, he is to direct him to survey all coasts on which he may be employed, whenever the service will admit of it, and to direct any other Officers, properly qualified, to assist him in taking such survey, in making Charts, and in drawing views of the coasts, and he is to furnish him with Boats for that purpose whenever the other duties of the Ship will admit of it. The Captain is himself to examine the accounts given is this Book, to correct, improve, or enlarge them as far as his own observation shall enable him, and to sign it with the Master. Although particular subjects for information are specified in the form, he is not to confine his observations to them, but is to extend them to all others, which he shall think may he useful for His Majesty's Fleets, or be beneficial to Commerce ; and he is to make these observations, not only on coasts which being seldom resorted to, are but little known: but on those also which have been much frequented, and have been already surveyed ; and he is to examine into the correctness of any maps or charts of which he may be possessed, and report his opinion of them, and point out any errors he may discover in them. When he obtains information on any of these subjects from others, he is to mention from whom the information was received, and his reasons for believing it to be true or erroneous. He is to he attentive in making, and is to direct the Master to make, every possible observation on the navigation of the channel and the coasts of the United Kingdom. He is to send, carefully packed up and sealed, one copy of this book and of all the charts and views which have been made, when be sends his Log-book, at the end of every six months to the Admiralty, and another copy, when he sends the general copy of his Log-book, which is to be accompanied by all the observations, charts, views, &c. made during the time the Log book shall have been kept. As attention to this duty is of too great consequence to be dispensed with, except through absolute necessity, the Captain, who shall not strictly execute it, will be expected to give the most satisfactory reasons for every instance of his failure ; but in the execution of this duty, he is very carefully to avoid giving any reasonable cause of offence to any power in amity with His Majesty.

To obtain the best possible information of coasts, harbours, bays, &c.

To direct the Officers to determine the latitude and longitude of places.

To order the Master to keep a book according to the form (No. 26) to insert in the several columns the most perfect and circumstantial account he can obtain.

The Captain to examine the accounts given in this book.

To make all such observations and remarks as may be useful for His Majesty�s fleets or beneficial to Commerce.

To send one copy of this book to the Admiralty.

The duties required by this Article will not be dispensed with except through absolute necessity.

To send by every opportunity a particular account of his proceedings to the Admiralty. [often described as a "Report of Proceedings"]

To own the receipt of all orders from the Admiralty or any superior Officer.

He is to be particularly careful that all the returns he makes of the condition of the Ship, the quantity of Stores, Provisions, and Water, and the number of Men on board are perfectly correct ; that the number of men reported to be in each class is the number actually borne and serving in that class, and that every Supernumerary of every description is included in the report, as he will be made to answer for the pay and the value of the Provisions of every Supernumerary he shall bear on the Ship�s Books, without inserting him in his returns.

To make certain returns of the condition of the Ship, quantity of Stores, &c.

To be always prepared when at Sea, for Battle ; to be prepared when at anchor to repel any attempts of an enemy to board the Ship.

Not to approach a Ship of War of any Foreign Power in time of peace , without being prepared for Battle.

To take particular care that Prisoners of War are treated with humanity, their property protected &c.

He is not to go into other Ports than those which he is ordered.

To keep the sea when ordered to cruise.

To send to the Secretary of the Admiralty an account of his proceedings.

How to employ the time he may remain in Port.

To send a Lieutenant on meeting any Foreign Vessel to enquire if any British Seamen are on board.

To assist persons employed by the Directors of Greenwich Hospital and Trinity-house in recovering the duties from Foreign Ships.

To place the Ship in a safe berth when he comes to anchor ; how to proceed in a road with which he is not acquainted.

Not to cut or slip while there is a possibility of weighing the anchor.

Precautions in anchoring and weighing an anchor.

To hire a vessel to carry any intelligence he may think it necessary to communicate, provided it be of sufficient consequence to justify the expense.

To give directions that Custom-house officers coming on board be not obstructed in their duty ; and that they be borne as supernumeraries for Victuals.

To inform the Secretary of the Admiralty of any Officer he may discover smuggling, or attempting to smuggle.

Not to make any alterations in the rigging, stays, or shrouds.

To favor the masts as much as possible.

Directions to Carpenter.

When he may order the whole or any part of the Ship to be painted.

To follow the motions of the senior Officer in any Port or Road.

To send a Lieutenant to the Officer Commanding Foreign Ships of War coming into any of His Majesty�s Ports, to show them such attention and respect as their situation and rank may require.

To cause a berth to be prepared for any sick that may be on board.

General directions to be observed with respect to the sick.

No Ships to go to Sea without a Chaplain, if a Clergyman properly recommended be desirous of being appointed to her.

The Captain to see that proper attention and respect be shewn to the Chaplain.

To direct the Purser and the Master to report certain Stores to him before the Ship proceeds to Sea, and at the end of every week.

To enter in a book, Copies of all orders he may receive or issue, and also of all letters.

To cause the Articles of War, Abstracts of Acts of Parliament &c., &c. to be hung up in a public part of the Ship, and to be read at least once a month.

Not to inflict any punishment on a Commission or Warrant Officer ; but may suspend or put them under arrest.

To inform Commander in Chief or the Admiralty of such arrest or suspension.

To see that strict justice is done to all Officers and Men under his command.

He alone is to order punishment.

How to conduct himself when in a Ship which carries a Flag.

When removed from Command of a Ship, what papers to be left with his Successor ; what papers he is to sign.

And for what he is to take receipts.

When removed from one Ship to another, what number of men he may be allowed to take with him ; in addition to his Coxswain, Steward and Cook.

To Draw up an account of the qualities of the Ship, to be lodged at the Master Shipwright's Office, and duplicate sent to the Navy Board.

How to proceed when any of His Majesty's Ships shall be wrecked.

If wrecked on the coast of a Foreign Power, how to conduct himself.

And will be accountable for any fraud or error committed by his Clerk.