Tiger, 32 Guns

 

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Nationality	British
Launched	1647	B028
Shipyard	Woolwich DY	B065
Master Shipbuilder	Peter Pett	B065
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1681	B028
Fate	Broken Up to Rebuild	B028
Becomes	Tiger

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Letter from captain Peacock to Robert Coytmor (From The First Dutch War vol II)

Honoured Sir, This is to entreat you to acquaint the Right Honourable the Council of State and the Committee for the Admiralty of

my safe arrival in Yarmouth Roads this day, and about twenty prizes, besides a man-of-war called the Morning Star, being the same vessel that took the merchantman at Elsinore, with whom, having had an hour or two dispute, I boarded them and took them with the loss of my bowsprit, but I had never a man killed, God be praised, but I killed 16 of them and wounded 18 very dangerous, which men I have sent home in one of the prizes with 120 men in her. I hope it will be taken to be the best way to be rid of them, for there was in all of them 430. We set the man-of-war's men on shore in Burlington.

As for the squadron, I have appointed 3 to go to Tynemouth to conduct the colliers' fleet that be there, and receiving intelligence from Hall

that a considerable fleet was there laden with lead, I have appointed three to go thither to conduct them. The Recovery having sprung a great leak at sea, and the Elizabeth her mast being shot in fight with three Hollander men-of-war, coming out of the Sound, are gone to Hull. Thus desiring you to acquaint the Council of my bowsprit being lost, that order may be taken to send me one down to Harwich, or whether I shall come up for … not had any supply since I came out in February last. If the honourable Council pleaseth to order me to stay out this winter I shall want a suit of sails, and one new cable, and boatswain's and carpenter's and gunner's stores, and so shall all the whole squadron. The Star frigate doth so leak, that she will not be fit to stay out this winter, but there will be great want of her, he being so pliant a man. On this coast, as he is here, be divers small men-of-war lying among the sands. I desire to know their Honours' pleasure touching the victualling of the whole squadron, how long, and where, in all which I crave your favourable furtherance, whereby I may be sensible of the Council's pleasure herein, and you shall ever command him that is already

Your most humble servant,

JA. PEACOCK.

Dated on board the Tiger this 18th October, 1652. Yarmouth Roads.

I would make a whole narrative . . . where the ship Antelope was cast away, but that Captain Ball is gone ashore and is taken post from Burlington to London to give a direct account of that sad disaster, which so unfortunately fell out contrary to expectation. No more but that I am yours,

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