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HBMS Constant Warwick (1649)

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Constant Warwick, 32 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Previously Constant Warwick
Purchased 1649/01/20 B028
Shipyard Purchased B028
Designer Peter Pett B028
Constructor Peter Pett B028
Rate Fourth Rate
Type Frigate
Out Service 1666 B028
Fate Rebuilt B028
Becomes Constant Warwick
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 85' 0" Imperial Feet 25.91
Breadth 27' 0" Imperial Feet 8.23
Depth in Hold 12' 8" Imperial Feet 3.86
Burthen 342 Tons BM
B032   Type Metric
Length of Keel 85' 0" Imperial Feet 25.91
Breadth 26' 5" Imperial Feet 8.05
Depth in Hold 13' 2" Imperial Feet 4.01
Burthen 315 Tons BM
Armament
1652 B032
Gun Deck 32 All Guns
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 187
Gun Deck 12 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 10 British Saker
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1652 140 Establishment B032
1689 150 Establishment for war at home B032
1689 180 Establishment for war abroad B032
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1649/01/20 1651 Post Captain Robert Moulton B164
1651 1651/05 Post Captain ? Upshott B164
1651 1652 Post Captain Owen Cox B164
1653 1656/10 Post Captain Richard Potter B164
1657/01 Unknown Post Captain Robert Vessey B164
1661/06/01 1663/08/01 Post Captain Robert Kirby B051
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1661 Unknown Lieutenant Michael Lindsey B051
1665 Unknown Lieutenant Peter Edwards B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1649/04/25 In company with the Leopard took the Royalist Charles in irish waters B164
1649/05/22 Arrived off Kinsale B029
1650 With Robert Blake's squadron off the Tagus B164
1650/09 In Cadiz with Blake's Fleet B029
1651 In the Irish Sea B164
1652/08/28 Present at the Battle of Elba  
1653 Off the Dutch coast during the winter B164
1653/03/04 Present at the Battle of Leghorn  
1653/07/31 Present at the Battle of Scheveningen  
1654/03 Captured the Brest privateer Royal James of 42 guns, but carrying only 30, commanded by Sir Richard Beach B164
1660/06 At Plymouth B164
1662 At Tangier B164
1663 Laid up at Portsmouth B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Fleet sent to Lisbon General at Sea Robert Blake 1650/02/14 1652/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1652/08/28 Battle of Elba
1653/03/04 Battle of Leghorn
1653/07/31 Battle of Scheveningen
Notes on Ship
House of Commons Journal Volume 6 13th January 1649 English Parliamentary Journals
Ordered, That the Ship Constant Warwick be forthwith seized into the Hands of the State. Ordered, That the Ship Constant Warwick be forthwith employed as the State's Ship, in this present Service of the State, for the Winter Guard: And that the Committee of the Navy do treat with Merchants, for the present victualing and manning the said Ship. Ordered, That Captain Ingle be recommended to the Committee, to be the Commander of the said Ship: And that the Lord Admiral be required to grant him a Commission accordingly.
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B032 The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984 E. H. H. Archibald
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
W015 English Parliamentary Journals Various

Last Updated :2009/05/16 at 08:25:03 by Cy

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