British Sixth Rate ship 'Hart' (1643)

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Hart

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Nominal Guns12B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorState Navy
Previously
British Sixth Rate ship 'Name Unknown' (1642) (12) 1642-1643
British 12 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Captured1643B028
ShipyardUnknownref:655
CategorySixth RateB028
Ship TypeShipB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Captured8.1652B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Burthen120Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1.165260 NRS013

6 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1644Captain
George BattsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1644-1666
BWAS-16031645Captain
Roger BeereBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1645
BWAS-16031646 - 1648Captain
John BowenBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1646-1648
W01527.5.1649 - 1650Captain
Philip GooseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649-1650
SPD-16491650 - 1651Captain
John SeamanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649-1656
BWAS-16031651 - 8.1652Captain
James CoppinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1652
†BWAS-1603

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1651Carpenter
John GilliottBritish
Naval Sailor
†SPD-165125.9.1651 - 1651Carpenter
Richard AustinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-16518.10.1651 - 1651Boatswain
Roger YeomansBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-1651

Service History


DateEventSource
8.1652Taken by three Dutch privateers in the North SeaBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1646-1646Winter Guard of 1646  

Notes on Ship


Prisoners taken by the HartW015
House of Lords, 2 October 1647
Whereas Captain Bowen, Commander of The Hart Frigatt, hath lately taken at Sea an Irish Frigate, having aboard her, at her Taking, about Forty Irish, who are Prisoners at Portsm°.; and whereas Captain Beddall, Captain of The Adventure Frigat, hath also taken an Irish Frigate on the West of England, having aboard her, at her Taking, near Forty Irish, who are Prisoners at Plymouth; and forasmuch as this Committee is informed, That they draw a great Charge upon the State, in the several Places wherein they are imprisoned, for their Maintenance: Ordered, That Report be made of this Matter to both Houses of Parliament, with a Desire that they will please to declare how the said Prisoners shall be disposed of.

British Parliaments frigate Het Hart, brought up at Flushing by Philip Ras and sold there 23 August 1652
(Taken from the financial accounts of the admiralty of Zealand - 1st account vendumeester Louis Baqueman at Flushing (inv.no. C 44560))
 
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