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HBMS Fairfax (1653)

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Fairfax, 52 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1653/03/29 B164
Launched 1653/09/00 B164
Shipyard Chatham DY B028
Master Shipbuilder John Taylor B065
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1674 B164
Fate Broken Up B164
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 118' 0" Imperial Feet 35.97
Breadth 34' 9" Imperial Feet 10.59
Depth in Hold 14' 4" Imperial Feet 4.37
Burthen 756 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 120' 0" Imperial Feet 36.58
Breadth 35' 2" Imperial Feet 10.72
Depth in Hold 14' 6" Imperial Feet 4.42
Draught Aft 17' 6" Imperial Feet 5.33
Burthen 78935/94 Tons BM
Armament
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 582
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 4 British Culverin
Gun Deck 26 British 12-Pounder
Gun Deck 14 British Saker
1672 B164 Broadside Weight = 522
Lower Gun Deck 26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 24 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British Saker
Forecastle 4 British Saker
Roundhouse 2 British Saker Drake
Great Cabin 2 British 12-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1660 220 B164
1666 300 B164
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1654 1654 Post Captain Edward Blagg B164
1654 1655 Post Captain John Lawson B164
1656 1657 Post Captain Edward Blagg B164
1658 1658 Post Captain Robert Storey B164
1658 1659 Post Captain Thomas Whetstone B164
1661/05/09 1662/01/16 Post Captain Thomas Teddeman W031
1664/10/07 1665/09/30 Post Captain Robert Salmon B164
1665/10/02 1665/11/13 Post Captain John Watly B051
1665/11/11 1666/04/03 Post Captain Christopher Myngs B164
1666/04/02 1666/07/06 Post Captain Sir John Chicheley B051
1666/07/07 1667/11/09 Post Captain Richard Beach B051
1672/01/13 1672/07/18 Post Captain George Legge B051
1672/09/17 1673/06/30 Post Captain John Narborough B164
1673/07/02 1673/09/19 Post Captain Dominick Nugent B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1661 1662 Lieutenant Robert Mohun B051
1662 1664 Lieutenant John Waterworth B051
1665 Unknown Lieutenant John Narborough B051
1673 1673 Second Lieutenant John Whiston B051
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1672/09/17 Unknown Masters Mate Cloudisley Shovell W031
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1653 At St Helens for the Winter of 1653/54 B164
1657/04/18 Present at the Battle of Santa Cruz  
1658 In the Mediterranean B164
1659 In the Mediterranean B164
1661/07/31 At Algiers B164
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1666 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 60 guns  
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1667/05/11 Was run aboard of by the Pembroke, which sank B164
1672 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 72 guns  
1672/03/13 Present at the Battle of Smyrna Convoy  
1672/05/28 Present at the Battle of Solebay  
1673/08/10 Present at the Battle of Texel  
1673/09/19 Bilged on a sandbank at Grays B164
1673/10/05 Refloated but found to be irreparable B164
1674 Broken up at Woolwich 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
1657/04/18 Battle of Santa Cruz
1665/06/03 Battle of Lowestoft
1666/06/01 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
1672/03/13 Battle of Smyrna Convoy
1672/05/28 Battle of Solebay
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel
Notes on Ship
Gun materials in 1672 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714
the lower and upper deck guns were of iron, the sakers and Great Cabin guns were made of brass
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
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume II John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/08/30 at 14:15:36 by Cy

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