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HBMS Elizabeth (1647)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 8 months ago

Elizabeth, 38 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Launched 1647/00/00 B028
Shipyard Deptford DY B028
Master Shipbuilder Peter Pett B164
Rate Fourth Rate
Type Ship
Out Service 1667/06/05 B164
Fate Sunk in Action B028

Dimensions
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 101' 6" Imperial Feet 30.94
Breadth 29' 8" Imperial Feet 9.04
Depth in Hold 14' 10" Imperial Feet 4.52
Burthen 47515/94 Tons BM

Armament
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 220
Gun Deck 12 British Culverin
Gun Deck 20 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 8 British Saker

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1652 150 B164
1653 160 B164
1660 130 B164
1666 160 B164

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1648 1653 Post Captain Jonas Reeve B164
1653 1655 Post Captain Christopher Myngs B164
1656 1658 Post Captain Robert Coleman B164
1659 1660 Post Captain John Grimsditch B164
1664/05/01 1665/05/17 Post Captain Edward Nixon B051
1665/05/18 1666/04/08 Post Captain Robert Robinson B051
1666/04/09 1666/08/18 Post Captain Charles Talbot B051
1666/08/19 1667/06/05 Post Captain John Lightfoot B051

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1648/11 Present at the recapture of the Crescent B164
1649 Present at Blockade of Kinsale  
1650 Off Cadiz B164
1651 Operations against the Royalist bases in the Channel Islands B164
1652/08/28 Present at the Battle of Elba  
1653/03/04 Present at the Battle of Leghorn  
1659 Operations in the Sound B164
1660/06 In the Straits B164
1665 At Tangier B164
1665/11/26 Brought two prizes into Plymouth BG
1666/04 Sailed with a convoy for Lisbon B164
1666/05 Returned from Lisbon B164
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1666/08/19 Commissioned for convoy duties in Virginia B164
1667/06/05 Burnt in action with two Dutch warships of Jamestown, Virginia B164

Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
British Baltic Fleet 1659 Lord Edward Montagu, Earl of of Sandwich 1659/00/00 1659/00/00

Actions & Battles
Date Source
1649 Blockade of Kinsale
1652/08/28 Battle of Elba
1653/03/04 Battle of Leghorn
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
BG The London Gazette Official

Last Updated :2009/07/26 at 15:29:09 by Cy

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