British ketch 'Martin' (1694)

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Martin
Nominal Guns	10	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	2.7.1694	BWAS-1603
Acquired	24.12.1694	B028
Shipyard	Southampton - Hampshire	B028
Constructor	James ParkerBritish Ship Builder Service 1694-1698	BWAS-1603
Category	Unrated	B028
Ship Type	Ketch	B028
Captured	30.8.1702	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel52' 7"Imperial Feet15.9385
Breadth19' 0"Imperial Feet5.7912
Depth in Hold8' 4"Imperial Feet2.54
Burthen99 ⁸⁰⁄₉₄Tons BM

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1.5.1695 - 28.1.1695/96Commander ADM 6/3/53ADM 6/33.12.1701 - 30.8.1702Commander ADM 6/6/123BWAS-1603

4 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.3.1694/95 - 1695Cook ADM 6/3/39ADM 6/329.5.1695 - 16.4.1696Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/3/58ADM 6/31698 - 18.4.1698Carpenter Transfered ADM 6/5/17ADM 6/521.2.1699/1700 - 1700Boatswain ADM 6/6/23ADM 6/6

Service History

DateEventSource
1695

Commissioned for Berkeley's squadron

BWAS-1603
28.1.1695/96Paid offADM 51
1702Commissioned as a packet for the West IndiesBWAS-1603
30.8.1702Taken by two French privateers off JerseyBWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 51 Archive

ADM 6/3 Archive

ADM 6/5 Archive

ADM 6/6 Archive

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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