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HBMS Black Raven (1653)

Page history last edited by Cy 15 years, 2 months ago

Black Raven, 38 Guns


 

Details
Nationality British
Captured 1653/00/00  
Shipyard Captured  
Rate Third Rate  
Type Ship  
Out Service 1654  
Fate Sold  

 

Dimensions
No Details Known

 

Armament
Total Guns 38

 

Crew
Date Men Notes Source
No Details Known

 

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
No Commander Details Available

 

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1654 Present at the surrender of Port Royal  

 

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed

 

Actions & Battles
Date Source
No Actions Listed

 

Notes on Ship
Originally?
A Dutch vessel
Orders for the New World
Robert Sedgwick, commander of the militia at Massachusetts Bay Colony, went to England to seek help in the winter of 1652/1653. He returned with four war ships and orders from Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, to recruit a force of volunteers from the four New England colonies (Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven, and Connecticut) to attack the Dutch at New York. The first sentence of his orders, issued on 8 February 1653, reads, "You are to take under your care and direction for this present expedition, and according to the Instructions following, the ships Black Raven, Hope, Church, and Augustine . . .

 

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Last Updated :2009/01/02 at 20:10:03 by Cy

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