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HBMS Kentish (1652)

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Kentish, 46 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1652/04/01 B028
Named 1652/11/06 B135
Launched 1652/11/00 B028
Shipyard Deptford DY B028
Master Shipbuilder Henry Johnson B028
Rate Fourth Rate
Type Ship
Out Service 1672/10/15 B028
Fate Wrecked B028
Dimensions
B022   Type Metric
Length of Keel 107' 0" Imperial Feet 32.61
Breadth 32' 6" Imperial Feet 9.91
Depth in Hold 13' 6" Imperial Feet 4.11
Burthen 60115/94 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 107' 0" Imperial Feet 32.61
Breadth 32' 6" Imperial Feet 9.91
Depth in Hold 13' 6" Imperial Feet 4.11
Draught Aft 16' 0" Imperial Feet 4.88
Burthen 60115/94 Tons BM
Armament
1666 B022 Broadside Weight = 299
Lower Gun Deck 22 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck 20 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck 4 British Saker
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 328
Gun Deck 2 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 20 British Culverin
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 2 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck 4 British Saker
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1660 150 B164
1666 170 Establishment B022
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1653 1653/10 Post Captain Jacob Reynolds B164
1653/10 1655 Post Captain Edward Witheridge B164
1656 1656 Post Captain James Ableson B164
1656 1660 Post Captain Willoughby Hannam B164
1663/04/01 1664/05/21 Post Captain Thomas Teddeman W031
1664/05/22 1664/06/13 Post Captain Benjamin Gilpin B164
1664/06/14 1664/10/03 Post Captain John Kempthorne B051
1664/10/04 1666/06/14 Post Captain Thomas Ewens B051
1666/06/07 1668/01/20 Post Captain John Silver B051
1668 Unknown Post Captain John Blake B051
1668/06/05 1668/08/03 Post Captain John Holmes B164
1669 1669 Post Captain John Perryman B051
1670/04/02 1671/08/28 Post Captain Roger Strickland B051
1672/08/01 1672/10/15 Post Captain John Wood B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1664 Unknown Lieutenant Robert Gilby B051
1666 1666 Lieutenant Benjamin Symonds B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1653 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £3,906.10.10d ,at £6.10.0d per ton B164
1653/02/18 Present at the Battle of Portland  
1653/06/02 Present at the Battle of the Gabbard  
1653/10 At Chatham for the Winter of 1653/54 B164
1654 Sailed with Robert Blake's for the Mediterranean B164
1655/04/04 Present at the Battle of Porto Farina  
1656/07 In the Channel B164
1658/01 At Tunis B164
1660 In the Downs B164
1660/06 Renamed Kent B164
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle, Joined 1666/06/03  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1672/10/15 Bilged on the Lemon and Ower sandbank off Great Yarmouth and broken up 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
1653/02/18 Battle of Portland
1653/06/02 Battle of the Gabbard
1655/04/04 Battle of Porto Farina
1665/06/03 Battle of Lowestoft
1666/06/01 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
Notes on Ship
Gun lists
The two gun lists show the Establishment (from the 50 gun Ship) and Actual (from British Warships 1603-1714)
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B135 NRS Vol 030 - The First Dutch War - Vol III Anderson
B022 The 50-Gun Ship Rif Winfield
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/08/04 at 09:43:37 by Cy

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