30/36 They were certainly in force in 1705, for a copy of them exists in the log book of the Britannia for that year (_British Museum, Add.MSS_.28126, ff. They were also used by Sir Clowdisley Shovell during his last command; as we know by a printed copy with certain manuscript additions of his own, relating to chasing and armed boats, which he issued to his junior flag officer, Sir John Norris, in the Mediterranean, on April 25, 1707 (_British Museum, Add. Nor is there any trace of their having been changed during the remainder of the war. |