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HBMS Assurance (1646)

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Assurance, 40 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1645/12/00 B164
Launched 1646/00/00 B028
Shipyard Deptford DY B028
Master Shipbuilder Peter Pett B028
Rate Fourth Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1698 B028
Fate Sold B028
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 89' 0" Imperial Feet 27.13
Breadth 26' 10" Imperial Feet 8.18
Depth in Hold 11' 0" Imperial Feet 3.35
Burthen 340 Tons BM
B028   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 106' 6" Imperial Feet 32.46
Breadth 29' 0" Imperial Feet 8.84
Burthen 456 Tons BM
B022   Type Metric
Length of Keel 89' 0" Imperial Feet 27.13
Breadth 26' 10" Imperial Feet 8.18
Depth in Hold 13' 6" Imperial Feet 4.11
Burthen 34081/94 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 106' 7" Imperial Feet 32.49
Length of Keel 89' 0" Imperial Feet 27.13
Breadth 26' 10" Imperial Feet 8.18
Depth in Hold 13' 6" Imperial Feet 4.11
Burthen 34081/94 Tons BM
Armament
1652 B022
Gun Deck 32 All Guns
1653/06/02 B022
Gun Deck 36 All Guns
1660 B022
Gun Deck 32 All Guns
1666 B022 Broadside Weight = 209
Gun Deck 10 British Culverin
Gun Deck 24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck 4 British Saker
1677 B022 Broadside Weight = 155
Lower Gun Deck 20 British Demi-Culverin
Upper Gun Deck 18 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck 4 British Saker
1685 B022 Broadside Weight = 171
Gun Deck 8 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 14 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck 2 British 3-Pounder
1685 B164 Broadside Weight = 194
Gun Deck 10 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 16 British Saker
Gun Deck 4 British 3-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1646 115 B164
1652 150 Establishment B022
1660 115 Establishment B022
1666 150 Establishment B022
1670 160 Establishment B022
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1646 1649 Post Captain William Penn W015
1650 1652 Post Captain Benjamin Blake B164
1653 1653/03 Post Captain Robert Sanders B164
1653/03 1660 Post Captain Philip Holland B164
1660 1661 Post Captain John Stokes B051
1661 1661 Post Captain Edward Wye B051
1661/05/04 1663/03/16 Post Captain John Tyrwhitt B164
1664/09/07 1665/06 Post Captain John Jefferies B051
1665/06/18 1665/09/16 Post Captain Philemon Bacon B051
1665/09/18 1666/06/10 Post Captain Thomas Guy B164
1666/06/11 1667/10/29 Post Captain John Narborough B051
1667/10/30 1338/08/19 Post Captain Napthali Ball B164
1670/07/13 1672/01/10 Post Captain Charles Wylde B051
1671/12/10 1672/10/23 Post Captain William Beeston B164
1672/05/15 1673/09/03 Post Captain Ralph Lassells B051
1673/09/05 1674/04/23 Post Captain Henry Williams B051
1675/04/22 1675/04/27 Post Captain William Holden B051
1676/05/01 1678/01/28 Post Captain Sir Robert Robinson B051
1678/05/14 1678/10/15 Post Captain Thomas Lovell B164
1680/05/15 1682/10/13 Post Captain Stephen Akerman B051
1688/05/24 1688/12/13 Post Captain Randolph M'Donald B164
1689 1689 Post Captain Simon Fowkes B164
1690 1690 Post Captain John Mayne B164
1691 1692 Post Captain Isaac Townsend B164
1693 1693 Post Captain John Price B164
1694 1694 Post Captain William Fazeby B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1661 1661 Lieutenant George Liddell B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1646 Part of the Winter Guard 1646/47 B164
1646 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £2,352.0.0d ,at £7.0.0 per ton B164
1647 Service in the Irish Sea until 1649 B164
1650 Present at Blockade of the Tagus  
1650/02/14 Sailed as part of Robert Blake's fleet  
1650/03/10 Arrived off the Tagus B029
1650/07/26 Sent in at night to alarm Prince Ruperts ships anchored under the guns of Fort St. Julian, which fired on the Assurance B029
1650/09/14 Part of Robert Blake's interception of the Spanish 'Brazil Fleet'. Boarding the Spanish Vice-Admiral and saving most of her men from burning. B164
1650/10 Took a Portugese 28-gun frigate B164
1651 Part of William Penn's fleet in the Mediterranean B164
1652/05/18 In the Downs as part of Nehemiah Bourne's squadron  
1652/05/29 Present at the Battle of Dover  
1653 Off the Dutch coast during the Winter of 1653/54 B164
1653/02/18 Present at the Battle of Portland  
1653/06/12 Present at the Battle of the Gabbard  
1653/07/31 Present at the Battle of Scheveningen  
1655/08 In the Mediterranean B164
1659 Operations in the Sound B164
1660/12/08 Was sunk by a storm at Woolwich. Twenty men were drowned. She was salvaged B164
1660/12/17 Refloated B022
1661 At Tangier B164
1661/07/31 At Algiers B164
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1665/09/03 Captured the Dutch Ship Westfriesland (50) B164
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle, 3 killed, 4 wounded  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1666/08/08 Present at Holmes' Bonfire  
1673/05/28 Present at First Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/06/04 Present at Second Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/08/10 Present at the Battle of Texel  
1677 Sailed to the Mediterranean B164
1678 In the Channel B164
1689 Off Dunkirk B164
1690 Reduced to a Fifth Rate B164
1692 Sailed to Virginia B164
1694 Guardship at Sheerness B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Winter Guard of 1647 Thomas Rainsborough 1647/00/00 1648/00/00
Fleet sent to Lisbon General at Sea Robert Blake 1650/02/14 1652/00/00
British Baltic Fleet 1659 Lord Edward Montagu, Earl of of Sandwich 1659/00/00 1659/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1650 Blockade of the Tagus
1652/05/29 Battle of Dover
1653/02/18 Battle of Portland
1653/06/12 Battle of the Gabbard
1653/07/31 Battle of Scheveningen
1665/06/03 Battle of Lowestoft
1666/06/01 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
1666/08/08 Holmes' Bonfire
1673/05/28 First Battle of Schooneveld
1673/06/04 Second Battle of Schooneveld
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel
Notes on Ship
Cost of building The 50-Gun Ship

The total cost of building the Assurance was �3,830.2.0d broken down as

Hull �2,618.0.0d
Cordage �292.0.0d
Cables �452.5.0d
Anchors �175.17.0d
Blocks, Tops and Pumps �79.0.0d
Sails 212.10.0d
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B022 The 50-Gun Ship Rif Winfield
W015 English Parliamentary Journals Various
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes

Last Updated :2009/07/26 at 11:12:52 by Cy

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