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HBMF Recovery (1646)

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Recovery, 20 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Launched	1646/00/00
Shipyard	Woolwich DY
Rate	Fifth Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1655
Fate	Sold

Dimensions
B028		Type	Metric
Burthen	300	Tons BM

Armament
Total Guns	20

Crew
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1652/03/01	70
1653/04	80		B048

Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1648	1648	Post Captain	John Bowen	W014
1648	1650	Post Captain	Owen Cox	W014
1652	1652/07	Post Captain	Edmund Chapman	W014
1652/07	1653	Post Captain	Francis Allen	W014
1653	1654	Post Captain	James Bamford	B049
1654	Unknown	Post Captain	John Blythe	W014

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1652/08	In port waiting fitting out for service in the winter guard
1652/10/18	Having "sprung a great leak" had gone into Hull
1653/04/04	Sailed from Tynemouth Haven with 300 and more colliers for the River of Thames in company with the Sophia
1653/04/05	Told there are "some forty sail of Hollanders off the Head" so put into Scarborough
1653/04/06	20 Dutch ships appeared of Scarborough
1653/04/08	Minor engagement with the Dutch
1653/04/11	The Collier fleet left Scarborough
1653/04/12	Arrived in the Humber
1653/04/14	Left for the Thames, meeting "some forty sail of our men-of-war" who took escort of some of the merchants
1653/06/12	In the Tilbury Hope with a crew of 42 seamen and 18 boys
1653/06/14	Ordered to sea, but still short of crew
1653/06/14	Carried 400 barrels of powder to the fleet off Texel
1653/08/08	At the Battle of Scheveningen lost 10 men killed and 15 wounded, as well as losing her mainmast
1653/08/13	Entered Yarmouth harbour

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
British Baltic Fleet 1652	Andrew Ball	1652/09/09	1652/10/14

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1652/05/22	Action of 1652-05-22
1652/05/29	Battle of Dover
1653/08/08	Battle of Scheveningen

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B028	Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I	J. J. Colledge
001	The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984	E. H. H. Archibald
B048	NRS Vol 037 - The First Dutch War - Vol IV	Anderson
W014	Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG	James C Bender
B049	NRS Vol 041 - The First Dutch War - Vol V	Anderson

Last Updated :2008/12/31 at 12:00:16 by Cy

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