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BRS Constant Reformation (1648)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 11 months ago

Constant Reformation, 40 Guns

Details
Nationality Royalist
Previously Constant Reformation
Launched 1648/06/00 B065
Shipyard Captured B065
Rate Unknown
Type Great Ship
Out Service 1651/09/30 B164
Fate Foundered B065
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 106' 0" Imperial Feet 32.31
Breadth 35' 6" Imperial Feet 10.82
Depth in Hold 15' 0" Imperial Feet 4.57
Burthen 750 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 106' 0" Imperial Feet 32.31
Breadth 35' 6" Imperial Feet 10.82
Depth in Hold 15' 0" Imperial Feet 4.57
Burthen 742 Tons and Tonnage
Burthen 557 Baker's Rule Tons
Armament
1624 B164 Broadside Weight = 264
Gun Deck 2 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 2 British Cannon-Perrier
Gun Deck 16 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British 9-Pounder
Gun Deck 4 British Saker
Gun Deck 2 British Falcon
Gun Deck 2 British Portpiece
Gun Deck 2 British Fowler
1648 W014
Gun Deck 40 All Guns
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
No Details Known
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1649/01 1651/09/30 Admiral Prince Rupert of the Rhine B029
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1648/06 1650 Captain Thomas Kettleby B164
1651 1651/09/30 Captain Robert Fearnes B164
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1648/06 In Helvoetsluys W030
1648/07/17 Left Helvoetsluys as part of the Royalist fleet commanded by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales W030
1648/07/22 Off Yarmouth W030
1648/07/23 The fleet sailed for the Downs W030
1648/08/29 Left the Downs and entered the Thames W030
1648/08/30 Encountered the Pariliamentary Fleet under the Earl of Warwick but no action ensued W030
1648/09/30 The Royalist fleet entered Helvoetsluys W030
1649/01/21 Left Hellevoetsluis in company with seven other vessels W030
1649/03 Blockaded in Kinsale by [Robert Blake] W030
1649/10 Left Kinsale during a gale W030
1649/10 Entered Lisbon W030
1650/03 Blockaded in the Tagus by an English fleet commanded by [Robert Blake] W030
1650/10/12 Escaped from the Tagus as one of six ships W030
1651 Lying in Toulon W030
1651/05/07 Left Toulon W030
1651/09/30 Sank in a gale near the Azores B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Royalist Fleet for Ireland 1649 Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1649/01/21 0000/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
No Actions Listed
Notes on Ship
Losses when she sank
Three hundred and thirty-three men are said to have gone down with the ship
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
W014 Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG James C Bender
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
W030 British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate Unknown

Last Updated :2009/05/15 at 19:17:57 by Cy

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