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HBMS Bear (1652)

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Bear, 46 Guns

Details
Nationality	British
Previously	Beer
Captured	1652/00/00	B022
Shipyard	Captured	B022
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1665	B022
Fate	Transfered	B022

Dimensions
B022		Type	Metric
Length of Keel	106'	Imperial Feet	32.31
Breadth	26' 6"	Imperial Feet	8.08
Depth in Hold	12' 0"	Imperial Feet	3.66
Burthen	396	Tons BM
B164		Type	Metric
Length of Keel	106'	Imperial Feet	32.31
Breadth	26' 6"	Imperial Feet	8.08
Depth in Hold	12' 0"	Imperial Feet	3.66
Draught Aft	11' 6"	Imperial Feet	3.51
Burthen	395⁸⁹/₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1653		B022
Gun Deck	46	All Guns

Crew Complement
Date	Men	Notes	Source
1653/06	200	Establishment?	B022

Commanders
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1653	1653	Post Captain	Peter Mootham	W014
1653	1655	Post Captain	Francis Kirby	W014
1655	1655	Post Captain	Richard Rooth	W014
1655	1657	Post Captain	Jeffrey Dare	W014
1660/06/24	1661/09/03	Post Captain	John Wilgress	B051
1664/08/27	1665/01/30	Post Captain	John Ableson	B164
1665/02/08	1665/02/08	Post Captain	Edward Leventhorpe	B164
1665/02/13	1665/06/13	Post Captain	John Waterworth	B164
1665/06/14	1666/01/18	Post Captain	John Steward	B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1660	Unknown	Lieutenant	Richard Bradford	B051

Service Record
Date	Notes	Source
1652/12	Fitting out	B164
1653/06/12	Present at the Battle of the Gabbard
1653/07/31	Present at the Battle of Scheveningen
1660	Commissioned for Jamaica	B164
1665/06/03	Present at the Battle of Lowestoft
1666/01/18	Paid off at Woolwich and later given to the Ordinance Board	B164

Fleets
Fleet Title	Commander	Date From	Date To	Source
Fleet for the West Indies	Post Captain William Penn	1654/12/25	1655/08/31

Actions & Battles
Date		Source
1653/06/12	Battle of the Gabbard
1653/07/31	Battle of Scheveningen
1665/06/03	Battle of Lowestoft

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id	Link or Description	Author
B022	The 50-Gun Ship	Rif Winfield
B164	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714	Rif Winfield
W014	Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG	James C Bender
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume I	John Charnock

Last Updated :2009/06/16 at 14:06:21 by Cy

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