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HBMS Langport (1654)

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Langport, 52 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1652/12/00 B164
Launched 1654/00/00 B164
Shipyard Horsleydown B028
Constructor William Bright B164
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1689/12/26 B028
Fate Wrecked B028
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 116' Imperial Feet 35.36
Breadth 35' 7" Imperial Feet 10.85
Depth in Hold 14' 4" Imperial Feet 4.37
Burthen 781 Tons BM
B028   Type Metric
Burthen 794 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Keel 116' Imperial Feet 35.36
Breadth 35' 7" Imperial Feet 10.85
Depth in Hold 14' 4" Imperial Feet 4.37
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 78124/94 Tons BM
Armament
1654 B028
Gun Deck 62 All Guns
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 557
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 4 British Culverin
Gun Deck 37 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 2 British 3-Pounder
1677 B164 Broadside Weight = 432
Lower Gun Deck 24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck 12 British Saker
Roundhouse 2 British 3-Pounder
1685 B164 Broadside Weight = 450
Gun Deck 24 British 24-Pounder
Gun Deck 30 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 4 British Demi-Culverin Drake
Gun Deck 2 British Demi-Culverin Cutts
1689 B032
Gun Deck 62 All Guns
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1660 210 B164
1666 300 B164
1689 280 War Establishment at home B032
1689 355 War Establishment abroad B032
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1664/10/03 1664/11/26 Admiral Prince Rupert B164
1674/10 Unknown Admiral John Narborough B029
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1654 1656 Post Captain Roger Cuttance B029
1656 1660/07/24 Post Captain John Coppin B164
1660/11/09 1661/08/18 Post Captain Robert Holmes B164
1664/09/03 1666/06/06 Post Captain Walter Wood B164
1666/06/09 1666/09/22 Post Captain Fretchville Holies B051
1666/09/22 1667/12/17 Post Captain John Tyrwhitt B051
1672/11/11 1673/03/03 Post Captain Sir William Reeves B051
1673/03/14 1673/05/28 Post Captain Robert Werden B051
1673/06/02 1673/09/15 Post Captain Gustavus Horne B164
1673/08/11 1673/09/12 Post Captain John Narborough B164
1675/12/21 1676/07/13 Post Captain Henry Killigrew B164
1678/05/01 1678/09/30 Post Captain Thomas Fowler B164
1682/06/15 1684/04/18 Post Captain John Berry B029
1685 1685 Post Captain John Ashby B164
1688/09/17 1688/10 Post Captain Richard Trevanion B051
1689/04 1689/12/26 Post Captain John Neville B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1661 1661 Lieutenant William Tickle B051
1664 1664 Lieutenant William Reeves B051
1664 1665 Lieutenant John Chappelle B051
1673/09/23 1675 Second Lieutenant Cloudisley Shovell W031
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1654 In the Mediterranean B164
1654 Completed at Horsleydown at a cost of £5,568.0.0d ,at £7.5.0d per ton B164
1657/04/18 Present at the Battle of Santa Cruz  
1660/05/23 Renamed Henrietta B164
1660/11 Commissioned as a guard ship 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  
1673 Commissioned for the Mediterranean B164
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  
1675 Flagship of a squadron in the Mediterranean B029
1676/01/14 Present at a boat attack on Tripoli B164
1677 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 62 guns  
1678 In the Channel B164
1682 Off Ireland B164
1682/09 Sailed to Tangier B164
1683 Present at the evacuation of Tangier B164
1685 Guardship at Chatham B164
1685 Re-classified as a Third Rate of 60 guns  
1686 Guardship at Chatham B164
1689/12/25 Wrecked by a storm in Plymouth Sound, approximately 60 men drowned B164
1689/12/26 Wrecked near Plymouth B028
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Fleet for the Mediterranean General at Sea Robert Blake 1654/09/29 1657/08/00
British Baltic Fleet 1659 Lord Edward Montagu, Earl of of Sandwich 1659/00/00 1659/00/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
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
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
B032 The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984 E. H. H. Archibald
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press

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