British Fifth Rate ship 'Convert' (1652)

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Convert
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Commonwealth of England
Operator	State Navy
Previously	Dutch Fifth Rate ship 'Maagd van Dordrecht' (1652) (26) 1652-1652 Dutch 26 Gun 5th Rate Ship
Named	20.7.1652	BWAS-1603
Captured	15.6.1652	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Rotterdam - Holland	W006
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	1661	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel90' 0"Imperial Feet27.432
Breadth26' 0"Imperial Feet7.9248
Depth in Hold10' 0"Imperial Feet3.048
Draught Aft11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen323 ⁵⁸⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1652120 BWAS-1603

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1652 - 1653CaptainBWAS-16031653 - 10.1653CaptainBWAS-160310.1653 - 1654CaptainBWAS-16031656 - 1660CaptainBWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
15.6.1652Detained at Hull at the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch warBWAS-1603
12.7.1652Ordered to be fittedBWAS-1603
28.9.1652Battle of Kentish Knock
18.2.1652/53Battle of Portland
2.6.1653Battle of the Gabbard

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
9.9.1652-14.10.1652	British Baltic Fleet 1652	Andrew BallBritish Naval Sailor Service 1648-1653

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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