British Fifth Rate ship 'Adam and Eve' (1652)

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Adam and Eve
Nominal Guns	20	B028
Nationality	Commonwealth of England
Operator	State Navy
Previously	Dutch hired ship 'Adam en Eva' (1652) (24) 1652-1652 Dutch 24 Gun Hired Ship
Captured	12.7.1652	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	1653	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	W006
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	1657	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDWAS-1600
Length of Gundeck128' 0"Amsterdam Feet36.2368 (118′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth27' 0"Amsterdam Feet7.6437 (25′ 0″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold13' 0"Amsterdam Feet3.6803 (12′ 0″ Imperial)
Height Between Decks6' 5 ½"Amsterdam Feet1.7115 (5′ 7″ Imperial)

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1652100 BWAS-1603
9.165330As a storeshipBWAS-1603

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1653 - c.8.1655Captain† Discharged DeadBWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
12.7.1652Taken in the North Sea by Blake's FleetBWAS-1603
9.1653Reclassed as a storeshipBWAS-1603

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
25.12.1654-31.8.1655	Fleet for the West Indies	William PennBritish Naval Sailor Service 1644-1670

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

DWAS-1600James Bender, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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