British Third Rate ship of the line 'Worcester' (1651)

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Worcester ➡ 1660 Dunkirk

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Nominal Guns48B065
NationalityCommonwealth of England
OperatorState Navy
Ordered1651B065
Launched9.1651BWAS-1603
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B065
Constructor
Andrew BurrellBritish
Ship Builder
BWAS-1603
CategoryThird RateB065
Ship TypeShip of the LineB065
Sailing RigShip RiggedB065
Broken Up to Rebuild9.1703B065
Becomes
British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Dunkirk' (1704) (50) 1704-1729
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Keel112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376 
Breadth32' 8"Imperial Feet9.8552 
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Burthen662Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB032
Length of Keel112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376 
Breadth34' 4"Imperial Feet10.3886 
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Depth in Hold17' 0"Imperial Feet5.1816 
Burthen662Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck141' 5"Imperial Feet42.9799 
Length of Keel112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376 
Breadth32' 6"Imperial Feet9.8298 
Depth in Hold14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672 
Draught Aft16' 0"Imperial Feet4.8768 
Burthen629 24⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1666Broadside Weight = 481 Imperial Pound ( 218.1335 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck16 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck8 British Culverin
Gun Deck34 British Demi-Culverin

1677Broadside Weight = 426.5 Imperial Pound ( 193.418 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck10 British Saker
Roundhouse2 British 3-Pounder

7.1679Broadside Weight = 333 Imperial Pound ( 151.0155 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Gun Deck10 British Demi-Culverin Cutts
Gun Deck20 British Demi-Culverin

1685Broadside Weight = 365.5 Imperial Pound ( 165.7543 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Gun Deck12 British Demi-Culverin Cutts
Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck2 British Saker Cutts

1694Broadside Weight = 365.5 Imperial Pound ( 165.7543 kg)B065
Gun Deck36 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck2 British Saker
Lower Gun Deck22 British Culverin

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1651180 BWAS-1603
1654220 BWAS-1603
1666260 BWAS-1603
1.1.1678/79Home: 340 Abroad: 270 Peacetime: 210ADM 8/1/90ADM8-DB
1689Home: 340 Abroad: 270 Peacetime: 210 B032

26 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
9.1651 - 7.1652Captain
Sir Charles ThorowgoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649-1673
BWAS-160310.1652 - 1653Captain
Anthony YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1647-1674
BWAS-16031653Captain
George DakinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1660
BWAS-16031653 - 1654Captain
William HillBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1652-1666
BWAS-16031656 - 1659Captain
Robert NixonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1659
BWAS-16031.1660 - 5.1660Captain
George DakinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1660
W0155.1661 - 1662Captain
Anthony EarningBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1677
BWAS-16031.2.1661/62 - 27.7.1663Captain
Arnold BrowneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1665
B0514.10.1664 - 25.11.1664Captain
John KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1657-1679
B0512.12.1664 - 24.2.1664/65Captain
Robert SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1665
B0513.4.1665 - 7.6.1666Captain
John HaywardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1672
BWAS-16038.6.1666 - 11.10.1667Captain
John WaterworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1662-1672
BWAS-160310.5.1668 - 13.6.1668Captain
John WetwangBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1653-1676
BWAS-160315.1.1671/72 - 9.12.1672Captain
Francis CourtnayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1673
BWAS-16036.1.1672/73 - 11.8.1673Captain
Francis CourtnayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1673
BWAS-160314.8.1673 - 4.4.1674Captain
Sir Charles RoydenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1664-1678
BWAS-160317.1.1677/78 - 8.7.1679Captain
John AshbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1689
BWAS-160321.12.1689 - 1690Commodore
Lawrence WrightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1693
BWAS-16031692 - 31.5.1693Commander
James WattsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692
†BWAS-16031694 - 16.10.1694Captain
Thomas DilkesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1687-1697
TransferedBWAS-16031695 - 8.12.1696Captain
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
BWAS-160311.2.1696/97 - 18.9.1698Captain
Thomas RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1708
ADM 6/4/72BWAS-160319.9.1698 - 1.5.1699Commander
Charles AdamsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1703
ADM 6/5/30ADM 6/52.5.1699 - 21.8.1699Captain
Peter WootonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1702
ADM 6/5/45ADM 6/528.2.1700/1 - 5.10.1701Captain
Thomas RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1688-1708
: on board from 10.3.1700/1 ADM 6/6/63ADM 6/66.10.1701 - 28.9.1703Captain
John HuntingdonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1711
ADM 6/6/116ADM 6/6

2 Flag Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1.2.1661/62 - 1663Commodore
James LeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1665
BWAS-16039.1.1694/95 - 15.9.1695Commodore
Robert WilmotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1695
† Discharged DeadBWAS-1603

23 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1652Lieutenant
Edmond ButtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1652-1653
NRS0131664 - 1665Lieutenant
Sir William KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1664-1666
B0511678Lieutenant
Samuel FordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1667-1689
ADM 106/337/2/275ADM 10616.1.1677/78 - 1678Lieutenant
Thomas NodenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678
ADM 106/337/2/244ADM 1066.1689 - 14.12.1689Lieutenant
John HailesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1689
Transfered ADM 106/ADM 1061694Second Lieutenant
George PulleinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694
ADM 106/453/263ADM 1062.6.1695 - 18.9.1695Third Lieutenant
John JarmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1704
ADM 6/3/106
Issued by
Robert WilmotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1695

Confirmed 26.12.1695ADM 6/329.6.1695 - 18.9.1695Second Lieutenant
Robert StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703

Issued by
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711

Confirmed 16.12.1695ADM 6/319.9.1695 - 2.2.1696/97First Lieutenant
Robert StilesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/3/106
Issued by
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711

Confirmed 26.12.1695ADM 6/319.9.1695 - 2.2.1696/97Second Lieutenant
John JarmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1704
Transfered ADM 6/3/106
Issued by
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711

Confirmed 26.12.1695ADM 6/320.9.1695 - 6.2.1695/96Third Lieutenant
Peter MansonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/3/107
Issued by
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 26.12.1695ADM 6/37.2.1695/96 - 21.12.1696Third Lieutenant
John SellersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1697
Transfered ADM 6/3/127ADM 6/320.2.1696/97 - 8.5.1699First Lieutenant
Benjamin BarnettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1703
ADM 6/4/75ADM 6/420.2.1696/97 - 9.5.1699Second Lieutenant
Christopher ElliottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/4/75ADM 6/49.5.1699 - 21.8.1699First Lieutenant
Humphrey ParkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1709
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/510.5.1699 - 21.8.1699Second Lieutenant
Edward RaineyBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1691-1703
ADM 6/5/49ADM 6/58.3.1700/1 - 28.9.1701First Lieutenant
Nathaniel HubbardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1713
ADM 6/6/71ADM 6/68.3.1700/1 - 14.3.1700/1Second Lieutenant
William GrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1713
ADM 6/6/70ADM 6/615.3.1700/1 - 16.5.1701Second Lieutenant
John CrouchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1683-1707
ADM 6/6/74ADM 6/617.5.1701 - 28.9.1701Second Lieutenant
William ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1676-1715
ADM 6/6/96ADM 6/629.9.1701 - 31.12.1701First Lieutenant
William ClarkeBritish
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1676-1715
ADM 6/6/115ADM 6/629.9.1701 - 24.1.1702/3Second Lieutenant
Richard BrayBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1703
ADM 6/6/115ADM 6/61.1.1701/2 - 28.9.1703First Lieutenant
Samuel RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1703
ADM 6/6/127ADM 6/6

17 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
3.9.1651 - 1651Boatswain
Philip LatelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1677
SPD-16514.9.1651 - 1651Purser
John NorthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-16519.9.1651 - 1651Gunner
Thomas LeveringtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-16519.9.1651 - 1652Carpenter
William PlastedBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1652
SPD-16511652Master
Nicolas GatonbeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1652
NRS0131695Carpenter
William BarrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/3/64ADM 6/319.9.1695 - 15.7.1698Purser
Richard HarrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/3/112
Issued by
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
, West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 5.1.1695/96ADM 6/313.4.1696 - 27.12.1696Chaplain
James PetreBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1696-1699
Transfered ADM 6/3/145ADM 6/322.2.1696/97 - 1697Chaplain
Arthur AlnwickBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1697-1703
ADM 6/4/76ADM 6/416.7.1698 - 1698Purser
John RobertsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/5/24ADM 6/510.11.1698 - 1698Purser
Richard AtheyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698
ADM 6/5/33ADM 6/51699 - 22.5.1699Boatswain
Henry StoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1699
ADM 6/5/54ADM 6/523.5.1699 - 1.6.1699Boatswain
John TurnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
Transfered ADM 6/5/54ADM 6/51.8.1699 - 1699Gunner
Richard WynnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/6/9ADM 64.9.1699 - 1699Boatswain
John MerchantBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/6/12ADM 6/620.4.1700 - 9.6.1701Midshipman Extra
Thomas FettiplaceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1703
ADM 6/6/33ADM 6/61701Clerk
William BakerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1701
ADM 1/5261/244ADM 1/5261

19 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
9.9.1651 - 1651Cook
John RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-16514.1689 - 12.1690Midshipman
George GaleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1692
ADM 107/1/15ADM 107/123.10.1692 - 20.9.1694Midshipman
Henry WardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1702
ADM 107/1/72ADM 107/112.10.1695 - 31.12.1696Volunteer-per-order
Brounker ApreeceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1706
Transfered ADM 6/3/125ADM 107/11696 - 21.12.1696Volunteer
Robert FloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1700
Transfered ADM 6/4/56ADM 6/41696 - 31.12.1696Volunteer
Richard HarnageBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1711
Transfered ADM 6/4/58ADM 6/48.2.1695/96Volunteer
Charles JonesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
ADM 6/3/127ADM 6/327.4.1696 - 31.12.1696Volunteer
Charles AppreeceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
Transfered ADM 6/3/150ADM 6/329.4.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Carew WeekesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/3/150ADM 6/38.5.1696 - 1696Volunteer
Richard HarnidgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/3/155ADM 6/317.3.1696/97 - 1697Volunteer
Edward LathamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/417.3.1696/97 - 1697Volunteer
Thomas ScollockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/423.4.1697 - 1697Volunteer
Oliver BynglyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697
ADM 6/4/92ADM 6/49.5.1699 - 16.4.1698Volunteer
Francis FentonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1699
ADM 6/5/48ADM 6/516.3.1699/1700 - 1700Volunteer
Toby LukeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1700
ADM 6/6/25ADM 616.3.1699/1700 - 1700Volunteer-per-order
Tobias LisleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1698-1713
ADM 6/6/25ADM 6/616.3.1699/1700 - 24.2.1700/1Volunteer-per-order
John LunnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1727
Transfered ADM 107/1/307ADM 107/124.4.1702 - 24.1.1702/3Midshipman
Brounker ApreeceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1706
ADM 107/1/343ADM 107/110.6.1702 - 27.12.1703Volunteer
Edward BrookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
ADM 107/1/263ADM 107/1

1 Supernumerary


DatesRankNameSource
1692Pilot
William SandersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692
ADM 1/5253/211ADM 1/5253

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
5.3.1696/97 - 14.6.1697Able Seaman
Edward BrookeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1708
ADM 6/4/80ADM 107/123.4.1702 - 9.10.1702Trumpeter's Mate
William BrockettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1717
ADM 107/2/210ADM 107/219.9.1702 - 28.9.1703Trumpeter's Mate
William BrockettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1717
ADM 107/2/210ADM 107/2

Service History


DateEventSource
1651Carried Ten or Fifteen thousand Pounds in Pieces of Eight, ...for Redemption of English Captives in Argeer, Tunnis, and Tripoli, by order of parliamentW014
9.1651Completed at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £5346.10.0dBWAS-1603
19.5.1652Battle of Dover
30.11.1652Battle of Dungeness
18.2.1652/53Battle of Portland
2.6.1653Battle of the Gabbard
31.7.1653Battle of Scheveningen
9.1653Refitted as a 50 gun Third Rate
1654Refitted as a 56 gun Third Rate
4.4.1655Battle of Porto Farina
20.4.1657Battle of Santa Cruz
5.1660Renamed DunkirkBWAS-1603
1662

Sailed to take possession of Bombay for Charles II

BWAS-1603
3.6.1665Battle of Lowestoft
1666Refitted as a 58 gun Third Rate
1.6.1666Four Days Battle
25.7.1666St James Day Battle
28.5.1672Battle of Solebay
9.12.1672Paid offADM 33
28.5.1673First Battle of Schooneveld
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
11.8.1673Battle of Texel
31.8.1673

Pay record starting 6.1.1672/73 for a period of 27 months, 3 weeks & 6 days for a value of £4,046.0.0d. ADM 8/1/6

ADM8-DB
28.9.1673At Sheerness ADM8-DB
4.4.1674Paid offADM 33
1677Refitted as a 60 gun Third Rate
7.1679Laid up at PortsmouthBWAS-1603
4.7.1679Paid offADM 51
8.7.1679Paid offADM 33
21.12.1689

Recommissioned as flagship of a squadron sailing to the West Indies

BWAS-1603
8.3.1689/90

Sailed for the West Indies

BWAS-1603
20.2.1690/91Refitted as a Fourth RateADM/A
1692Began great repairBWAS-1603
9.1692Completed great repairBWAS-1603
1693In the West IndiesBWAS-1603
12.5.1694Took the Frigate
La Diligente (34) 1691-1694
French 34 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
at the Isles of Scilly
1695In the West IndiesBWAS-1603
1695Refitted as a 60 gun Fourth RateEICS
1696In Irish watersBWAS-1603
1697Sailed with a North Sea convoyBWAS-1603
21.8.1699

Paid off

ADM 33
9.1701Sailed to the West IndiesBWAS-1603
29.6.1702Took the Barque Longue
Le Postillon (10) 1701-1702
French 10 Gun
Privateer Barque Longue

1703Returned homeBWAS-1603
28.9.1703Paid offADM 33
1704Rebuilt at BlackwallBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1659-1659British Baltic Fleet 1659
Edward MontaguBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1672
 

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
ADM 1/5253ADM 1/5253 1680-1693 May 20 Courts Martial Papers Archive
ADM 1/5261ADM 1/5261-5494 Courts Martial Document
ADM 106ADM 106 1674-1832 Navy Board: Entry Book of Out Letters Document
ADM 107/1ADM 107/1 1691-1703 Lieutenants' passing certificates. Archive
ADM 107/2ADM 107/2 1703-1712 Lieutenants' passing certificates. Archive
ADM 33ADM 33 - Navy Board: Navy Pay Office: Ships' Pay Books (Series I) Archive
ADM 51ADM 51 1669-1853 Admiralty: Captains' Logs Archive
ADM 6ADM 6 Admiralty Service RecordsAuthority, Archive
ADM 6/3ADM 6/3 Commission and Warrant Book 1694/5 Jan.-1696 25 May Archive
ADM 6/4ADM 6/4 Commission and Warrant Book 1696 25 May-1698 20 Jan. Archive
ADM 6/5ADM 6/5 Commission and Warrant Book 1698 28 Jan.-1699 1 June Archive
ADM 6/6ADM 6/6 Commission and Warrant Book 1699 2 June-1702 26 Jan Archive
ADM/AADM/A - Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders Archive
ADM8-DBADM 8 Database ProjectSamuel McLean, Archive
B032The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984Edward Hunter Holmes Archibald, Book
B051Biographia Navalis - Volume IJohn Charnock, Digital Book
B065The Ship of the Line Vol IBrian Lavery, Book
BWAS-1603British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714Rif Winfield, Book
EICSEast India Company ShipsAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site
NRS013NRS Vol 013 - Papers relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 Vol ISamuel R. Gardiner, Book
SPD-1651Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1651Mary Anne Everett Green, Book
W014Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOGJames Bender, Web Site
W015English Parliamentary JournalsVarious, Web Site
 
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