Francis, 14 Guns

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Details
Nationality	British
Previously	Francis
Captured	1657/00/00
Shipyard	Captured
Rate	Sixth Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1674/05
Fate	Sold

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Dimensions
B164		Type	Metric
Length of Keel	59' 0"	Imperial Feet	17.98
Breadth	16' 6"	Imperial Feet	5.03
Depth in Hold	7' 0"	Imperial Feet	2.13
Draught Aft	8' 0"	Imperial Feet	2.44
Burthen	8541/94	Tons BM

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Armament
Total Guns		14

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Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1657	50		B164

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Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1659	1660	Post Captain	Ambrose Smith	B164
1660	1660	Post Captain	William Dale	B051
1670/02/14	1670/10/07	Post Captain	Stephen Sartaine	B051

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Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1660/05	Renamed Old Francis	B164
1670	Commissioned as a fireship	B164

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Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
No Fleets Listed

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Actions & Battles
Date		Source
No Actions Listed

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Notes on Ship
Captured Royalist ship Fireship in 1672

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Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B164	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714	Rif Winfield
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume I	John Charnock

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Last Updated :2009/06/28 at 21:11:52 by Cy