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HBMS Gloucester (1654)

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

Gloucester, 52 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1652/12/00 B164
Launched 1654/03/00 B164
Shipyard Limehouse B028
Constructor Mathew Graves B065
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1682/05/06 B028
Fate Wrecked B028
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 117' 0" Imperial Feet 35.66
Breadth 34' 10" Imperial Feet 10.62
Depth in Hold 14' 6" Imperial Feet 4.42
Burthen 755 Tons BM
B029   Type Metric
Draught Aft 18' 0" Imperial Feet 5.49
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 117' 0" Imperial Feet 35.66
Breadth 34' 10" Imperial Feet 10.62
Depth in Hold 14' 6" Imperial Feet 4.42
Draught Aft 17' 6" Imperial Feet 5.33
Burthen 75511 /94 Tons BM
Armament
1660 B065
Gun Deck 50 All Guns
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 493
Gun Deck 19 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 4 British Culverin
Gun Deck 34 British Demi-Culverin
1677 B065
Gun Deck 60 All Guns
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1656/12/25 310 280 Sailors and 30 Soldiers B029
1660 210 B164
1666 280 B164
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1654 1656 Post Captain Benjamin Blake B164
1656 1656 Post Captain Richard Newberry B164
1658 1658 Post Captain Eustace Smith B164
1659 1659 Post Captain William Whitehorne B164
1664/06/10 1664/09/07 Post Captain Christopher Myngs B164
1664/09/08 1665/03/25 Post Captain John Harman B051
1665/03/28 1666/06/09 Post Captain Robert Clarke B051
1666/06/10 1667/10/26 Post Captain Richard May B051
1672/01/16 1672/04/03 Post Captain John Holmes B164
1672/04/16 1673/08/12 Post Captain William Coleman B164
1673/08/14 1674/03/31 Post Captain William Jennings B051
1682/04/08 1682/05/06 Post Captain John Berry B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1664 1664 Lieutenant William Jennings B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1654/12/25 Left Spithead as part of William Penn's fleet for the Caribbean B164
1655/06/25 Left in the West Indies when William Penn returned to England B029
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1666 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 60 guns  
1666/05/05 While stationed of the Texel, intercepted a Dutch flotilla of twelve ships bound from the Baltic to Amsterdam, and took seven of them B029
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle, 18 killed, 27 wounded  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1672/03/13 Present at the Battle of Smyrna Convoy  
1672/05 Flagship a squadron of ten sail watching the Dutch Ports, the squadron was chased to Sheerness by thirty Netherlands ships B029
1672/05/28 Present at the Battle of Solebay  
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  
1682/05/06 Wrecked off Yarmouth B028
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed
Actions & Battles
Date Source
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
1673/05/28 First Battle of Schooneveld
1673/06/04 Second Battle of Schooneveld
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel
Notes on Ship
Loss of the Gloucester The Royal Navy Vol II
The year 1682 was a year of peace, and is mainly remarkable for the circumstances which attended the loss of the Gloucester, in which the Duke of York was on his way to Leith. The captain of the ship, and senior officer of the escorting squadron, was Sir John Berry; but the navigation of the vessel had been entrusted to Captain James Aire. The Gloucester, in the early morning of May 6th, ran upon the Lemon and Oar, and upwards of one hundred and thirty persons, including Robert, third Earl of Roxburghe, and several other noblemen and gentlemen of the Duke's suite, perished. There is some reason for believing that the ship was deliberately wrecked by Aire, acting as agent for a party of conspirators who desired the death of the Duke of York.
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
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/08/28 at 19:13:51 by Cy

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