British Fourth Rate ship 'Mary Rose' (1623)

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Mary Rose	5312
Nominal Guns	26	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	3.2.1622/23	BWAS-1603
Acquired	1623	B028
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
Constructor	William BurrellBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1607-1630	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Wrecked	3.1649/50	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel83' 0"Imperial Feet25.2984
Breadth26' 9"Imperial Feet7.9629
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624
Burthen384 ⁸⁰⁄₁₀0Tons and Tonnage
Burthen288 ⁶⁰⁄₁₀0Baker's Rule Tons

Armament

1624Broadside Weight = 71.5 Imperial Pound ( 32.4255 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck8 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck10 British Saker
Gun Deck4 British Minions
Gun Deck2 British Falcon
Gun Deck2 British Fowler

1631Broadside Weight = 71.5 Imperial Pound ( 32.4255 kg)TRINITY
Gun Deck8 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck10 British Saker
Gun Deck4 British Minions
Gun Deck2 British Falcon
Gun Deck2 British Fowler

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
161312088 Sailors, 12 Gunners and 20 SoldiersBWAS-1603
1645100 SPD-1644-5

16 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
8.1624 - 1624CaptainBWAS-16031627 - 1630CaptainBWAS-16031635CaptainBWAS-16031635 - 1636CaptainBWAS-16031636CaptainBWAS-16031637CaptainBWAS-16031637 - 1638CaptainBWAS-16031639 - 1640CaptainBWAS-16031640 - 1641CaptainBWAS-16031642CaptainBWAS-16031642 - 1643CaptainBWAS-16031643CaptainBWAS-16031644CaptainBWAS-16031645 - 1647CaptainBWAS-160310.1647 - 1648CaptainW0151649 - 3.1649/50CaptainBWAS-1603

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1679Lieutenant ADM 106/344/87ADM 106

10 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
8.1624 - 1624MasterSPD-1623-51626 - 7.1626GunnerSPD-1625-61633 - 14.4.1633Carpenterref:107015.4.1633 - 1633Carpenterref:10701634 - 11.1634GunnerSPD-1635-64.11.1634 - 1634GunnerSPD-1635-630.3.1635 - 1635MasterSPD-1635-61636BoatswainSPD-1636-710.4.1649 - 1649PurserSPD-164931.12.1649 - 1649PurserSPD-1649

Service History

DateEventSource
22.12.1624Detained in the Downs for want of victualsSPD-1623-5
1625Attack on Cadiz
3.9.1625Capt. Thos. Wilbraham is ordered "to take the Mary Rose and the Great Neptune, Capt. Giles, and ply up and down before Dunkirk, and if any of the Dunkirkers pass out by stealth, he is to follow and attack them"SPD-1625-6
4.1.1644/45Ordered to be fitted and prepared to serve in the next summer's fleetSPD-1644-5
3.1649/50Wrecked off Flanders coast in a stormBWAS-1603

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1637-1637	Ships Lent to the Prince Elector
1642-1642	Summer Guard of 1642	Sir John PenningtonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1620-1643
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
1650-1650	Summer Guard of 1650

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 106 Document

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

SPD-1623-5Mary Anne Everett Green, Digital Book

SPD-1625-6John Bruce, Digital Book

SPD-1635-6John Bruce, Book

SPD-1636-7John Bruce, Book

SPD-1644-5William Douglas Hamilton, Book

SPD-1649Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

TRINITYG. G. Harris, Book

W015Various, Web Site

ref:1070 Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Marc Juncker on Friday 22nd of May 2020 07:45

One of its saker cannons has been retrieved from the seabed by fishermen in open sea in front of Ostend Harbour. Since early may 2020 it is in my possession. It is in very good condition with even the woodwork intact as well as two of the wheels. This quite remarkable given the ship went down in 1650.

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