British Merchant east indiaman 'Golden Phoenix' (1667)

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Golden Phoenix
Nominal Guns	Unknown	IORMAR
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	East India Company
Previously	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Golden Phoenix' (1666) (60) 1666-1667 British 60 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Acquired	12.1667	IORMAR
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Merchant	IORMAR
Ship Type	East Indiaman
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1668	IORMAR

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel113' 0"Imperial Feet34.4424
Breadth36' 0"Imperial Feet10.9728
Depth in Hold16' 6"Imperial Feet4.9022
Draught Aft17' 6"Imperial Feet5.2034
Burthen779Tons BM

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by todd stevens on Monday 1st of June 2020 22:42

Golden Phoenix was captured dutch prize. She was taken from the dutch in 1665 along with another ship called the slothany. Her original name was 'Gouden Feniks' After 1668 she was owned by Captain William Wildy and others and called just Phoenix. not sure what happened to her after that but Wildy commissioned another smaller ship to be built in 1670 and it was named Phoenix too but it sank at Scilly in 1680.

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