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HBMS Bridgewater (1653)

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Bridgewater, 52 Guns


Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1682/12/00 B164
Launched 1653/12/00 B164
Shipyard Deptford DY B028
Master Shipbuilder Chamberlain ? B065
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1673/12/02 B028
Fate Blown Up B028

Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 116' 9" Imperial Feet 35.59
Breadth 34' 7" Imperial Feet 10.54
Depth in Hold 14' 2" Imperial Feet 4.32
Burthen 743 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 116' 9" Imperial Feet 35.59
Breadth 34' 7" Imperial Feet 10.54
Depth in Hold 14' 2" Imperial Feet 4.32
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 743 Tons BM

Armament
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 520
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 2 British Culverin
Gun Deck 32 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 2 British Saker

Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1655 260 Establishment B103
1660 210 B164
1666 280 B164

Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1653/12 1659 Post Captain Anthony Earning B164
1661/05/27 1662/12/13 Post Captain Jonas Poole B051
1662/12/14 1663/08/01 Post Captain James Smith B051
1664/10/04 1665/08/20 Post Captain Arnold Browne B051
1665/08/27 1665/09/09 Post Captain James Lambert B051
1665/09/22 1667/05/04 Post Captain Robert Moulton B164
1667/05/05 1668/08/13 Post Captain Thomas Elliott B051
1672/01/15 1672/05/28 Post Captain John Waterworth B164
1672/06/11 1672/09/09 Post Captain Thomas Fowles B164
1672/09/18 1673/12/02 Post Captain Thomas Elliott B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1661 1661 Lieutenant John Heath B051
1666 Unknown Lieutenant Richard Swanley B051

Service Record
Date Notes Source
1653/12 Completed at Deptford DY at a cost of £5,378.10.10d ,at £7.5.0d per ton B164
1655 Part of Robert Blake's squadron sent to the Mediterranean B164
1655/04/04 Present at the Battle of Porto Farina  
1656/09/08 In company with Speaker and Plymouth attacked a Spanish West Indies fleet of 8 vessels, two were sunk, two run ashore and two taken B051
1657/04/18 Present at the Battle of Santa Cruz  
1659 Operations in trhe Sound B164
1659 Part of the British fleet sent to the Baltic B058
1665/05 Renamed Anne B164
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1666 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 58 guns  
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1672/05/28 Present at the Battle of Solebay  
1673/05/28 Present at First Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/06/04 Present at Second Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/08/10 Present at the Battle of Texel  
1673/12/02 Blown up by accident at Sheerness 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
1655/04/04 Battle of Porto Farina
1657/04/18 Battle of Santa Cruz
1665/06/03 Battle of Lowestoft
1666/06/01 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
1672/05/28 Battle of Solebay
1673/05/28 First Battle of Schooneveld
1673/06/04 Second Battle of Schooneveld
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel

Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B103 Battles of the British Navy Joseph Allen
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B058 Naval wars in the Baltic during the Sailing Ship Epoch R C Anderson

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