British Fourth Rate ship 'John' (1644)

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John			4945
Nominal Guns	28
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	State Navy
Purchased	1644
Shipyard	Unknown
Category	Fourth Rate
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	1652

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Burthen367Tons and Tonnage
Burthen275Baker's Rule Tons

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1644120 BWAS-1603

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1644CaptainBWAS-16031645CaptainBWAS-16031645 - 1647CaptainBWAS-16031648 - 1649CaptainBWAS-16031650CaptainBWAS-16031651 - 7.1652CaptainBWAS-1603

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
25.12.1649 - 1649CarpenterSPD-1649

Service History

DateEventSource
1646Service in the Winter Guard 1646/47BWAS-1603
1647Service in the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
1649Service in the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
1650Service in the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
1650Blockade of LisbonBWAS-1603
7.1652Wrecked off VirginiaBWAS-1603

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1645-1645	Summer Guard of 1645
1646-1646	Winter Guard of 1646
1647-1648	Winter Guard of 1647	Thomas RainsboroughBritish Naval Sailor Administrator Service 1643-1648
9.1649-1650	Winter Guard of 1649
14.2.1649/50-1652	Fleet sent to Lisbon	Robert BlakeBritish Naval Sailor Soldier Service 1649-1657

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

SPD-1649Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

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