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Sorlings

12051
Nominal Guns28B028
NationalityCommonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
OperatorState Navy
Previously
Captured11.4.1654BWAS-1603
First Commissioned7.1654B028
ShipyardUnknown
CategoryFifth RateB028
Ship TypeShipB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Wrecked15.11.1667BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Burthen321Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel86' 0"Imperial Feet26.2128 
Breadth26' 6"Imperial Feet7.9502 
Depth in Hold11' 4"Imperial Feet3.4544 
Draught Aft15' 0"Imperial Feet4.572 
Burthen321 2394Tons BM 

Armament


1666Broadside Weight = 124 Imperial Pound ( 56.234 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck2 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck22 British 8-Pound Saker
Gun Deck8 British 6-Pound Saker
Gun Deck2 British Minions

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1660100 BWAS-1603
1666130Establishment for war abroadBWAS-1603
1666105Establishment for war at homeBWAS-1603
166680Establishment for peaceBWAS-1603

8 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1660 - 6.1660Captain
Thomas MorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660
BWAS-1603
6.1660 - 1661Captain
Nicholas TatersellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660-1663
B051
6.1660 - 1661Captain
Richard GreeneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660-1661
BWAS-1603
13.7.1661 - 17.3.1661/62Captain
Allen CovellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1662
B051
18.3.1661/62 - 24.4.1663Captain
Humphrey ConningsbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660-1665
B051
25.10.1664 - 10.8.1665Captain
Jonathon WathamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1658-1678
B051
1665Captain
John SkeltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665
B051
26.11.1665 - 15.11.1667Captain
Stephen AkermanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1689
B051

Service History


DateEventSource
11.4.1654

Taken near Sorlings by the Constant Warwick

BWAS-1603
18.7.1654

Ordered to be fitted for service

BWAS-1603
6.1660To JerseyBWAS-1603
1661At PortsmouthBWAS-1603
28.12.1665

Brought a prize of 250 tuns, laden with currants into Plymouth

BG
17.2.1665/66

Took the Hope of Hamburg, master Rickner Pauls bound from Lisbon to Hamburg, laden with sugar, salt, campeche wood, and Brazil tobacco; taken 60 leagues beyond the Scilly Isles and brought into Plymouth.

HCA32
19.2.1665/66

Took the Nostra Senora de la Concepcion, master Francis Gislincke, bound from Cadiz and Malaga to Ostend, laden with sherry wine, Malaga wine, raisins, almonds, figs and anchovies and the Nostra Senora Concepcion y St Joseph of Cadiz, master Antonio de Witte, bound from Cadiz to Ostend, laden with sherry wine, tent wine, raisins and figs, at the entrance to the English Channel

HCA32
19.2.1665/66

Took the Holy Trinity, master Martin Okett a prize taken by the Dutch from the Turks, and sold at Cadiz; bound from Cadiz to the Downs, to await orders for London or Ostend, laden with figs, rasins and sack; taken 33 leagues off Scilly and brought into Plymouth.

HCA32
3.1665/66

Took the Concepcion of Sanlucar, master Andreas Duarte bound from Sanlucar to Betanzos, laden with salt and oil, but driven by contrary winds towards Ireland; taken  about 70 leagues of Cape Finisterre and brought into Dartmouth

HCA32
17.3.1665/66

Took the Stockholm of Amsterdam, master Claes Symonsen bound from Bordeaux to Stockholm, laden with French wines, brandy and vinegar;

HCA32
17.6.1667

Took the St Anthony of Padua, master Edward Lasse bound from Oleron to Ostend, laden with salt, wine and vinegar; taken 4 leagues off the Lizard and brought into Plymouth.

HCA32
c.20.6.1667

Took the Peace of St Malo, master Peter Barbot bound from St Malo to Newfoundland, laden with salt and provisions for fishing; taken some 60 leagues off Ushant  and brought into Plymouth.

HCA32
7.1667In action against two Dutch privateersBWAS-1603
1.7.1667

Took the Unity of Rotterdam, master William Jansen Masse bound from Bordeaux to Rotterdam, laden with brandy, wine, vinegar and prunes; taken and brought into Mount's Bay.

HCA32
15.11.1667

Bilged and wrecked on the Woolpack Sands

BWAS-1603

 
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Posted by Brian on Tuesday 19th of January 2016 20:56

London Gazette 1667 The 18 instant was held a Court Martial aboard the yacht Katherine in the River of Thames in which Captain Akerman was quitted from being in anything wanting to his duty in the loss of the Sorlings frigate, the blame of that miscarriage being solely attributed to the willfulness ignorance, and ill grounded confidence of the Pilot Aaron Johnson.


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