Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

Navy sale notices from Portsmouth Deptford and Woolwich 1761

Notices announce public sale of the Port Antonio s hull masts yards rigging and sea stores at Portsmouth with viewing times and a 25 percent deposit. Additional entries list naval yard contracts at Deptford Woolwich sick and wounded seamen office tenders for bread prisoners of war Plymouth and the Royal Oak, plus merchants seeking shipowners to freight to Africa and an academy ad offering navigation and business instruction. Also advertised are private ship sales at Lloyds and Candle, including America Royal Duke Portland Portland Elizabeth and other vessels with inventories and private treaty options.