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Welcome
Nominal Guns	40	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Commonwealth of England
Operator	State Navy
Captured	12.1652	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	1653	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	B028
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Expended as Fireship	4.6.1673	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB022
Length of Keel82' 0"Imperial Feet24.9936
Breadth29' 0"Imperial Feet8.8392
Depth in Hold10' 7"Imperial Feet3.2258
Burthen367Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel82' 0"Imperial Feet24.9936
Breadth29' 0"Imperial Feet8.8392
Depth in Hold10' 7"Imperial Feet3.2258
Draught Aft14' 0"Imperial Feet4.2672
Burthen366 ⁷⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1652200EstablishmentB022
1660120 BWAS-1603
4.1666150EstablishmentB022
10.166740As a fireshipBWAS-1603
1671150As a Fifth RateBWAS-1603
167340As a fireshipBWAS-1603

8 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1653 - 7.1653CaptainBWAS-16038.1653 - 1654CaptainBWAS-16031655CaptainBWAS-16031661CaptainB05115.9.1665 - 3.4.1667Captain†B05113.6.1669 - 1.8.1670CaptainBWAS-16031670 - 1671CaptainB05125.3.1673 - 4.6.1673Captain†BWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
12.1652One of thirty Dutch prizes lying in the ThamesBWAS-1603
9.12.1652Selected for Naval Service and fitted outBWAS-1603
2.6.1653Battle of the Gabbard
7.1653LengthenedBWAS-1603
1660Rerated as a 36 gunner
1666Being disarmedB022
1.6.1666Four Days Battle
13.6.1667Sunk as a block shipB022
10.1667Raised and fitted as a fireshipB022
10.1667Rerated as a 6 gun Fireship
1671Reconverted to a Fifth RateBWAS-1603
1671Refitted as a 36 gun Fifth Rate
1673Reconverted to a fireshipBWAS-1603
1673Rerated as a 6 gun Fireship
4.6.1673Expended at the Second Battle of SchooneveldB022
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B022Rif Winfield, Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B051John Charnock, Digital Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:29	Jon Miller	French Privateer 'La Résolue' (1798) (18) 1798-1798 French 18 Gun Privateer Unknown
Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:29	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Phaeton' (1782) (38) 1782-1828 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:27	Jon Miller	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Seahorse' (1794) (38) 1794-1819 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate
Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:24	Jon Miller	Charles John Moore MansfieldBritish Naval Sailor Service 1772-1807
Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:19	Jon Miller	Sir Robert Lawrie (6^th Baronet of Maxwelton)British Naval Sailor Service 1790-1847

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