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HBMS Plymouth (1653)

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Plymouth, 52 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1652/12/09 B164
Launched 1653/12/26 B164
Shipyard Wapping B028
Constructor James Taylor B164
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1703 B028
Fate Broken Up to Rebuild B028
Becomes Plymouth
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 116' 0" Imperial Feet 35.36
Breadth 34' 8" Imperial Feet 10.57
Depth in Hold 14' 6" Imperial Feet 4.42
Burthen 752 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 139' 6" Imperial Feet 42.52
Length of Keel 116' 0" Imperial Feet 35.36
Breadth 34' 8" Imperial Feet 10.57
Depth in Hold 14' 6" Imperial Feet 4.42
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 74149/94 Tons BM
Armament
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 525
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 2 British Culverin
Gun Deck 34 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 2 British Falcon
1679/07 B164 Broadside Weight = 523
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 2 British Culverin
Gun Deck 26 British Demi-Culverin Drake
Gun Deck 8 British Demi-Culverin Cutts
1694 B065 Broadside Weight = 380
Gun Deck 24 British Culverin
Gun Deck 34 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 4 British Saker
1696 B164 Broadside Weight = 330
Gun Deck 22 British Culverin
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 4 British Saker
Gun Deck 8 British Saker Cutts
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1655 160 Establishment? B103
1660 260 B164
1666 280 B164
1689 340 Establishment for war abroad B032
1689 270 Establishment for war at home B032
1689 210 Peace time establishment B032
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1664/08/11 Unknown Commodore Thomas Allen B051
1701 1701 Rear-Admiral of the Blue Stafford Fairborne B164
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1654 1657 Post Captain Richard Stayner B168
1659 1660 Post Captain Edward Witheridge B164
1660/06/14 1660/08/24 Post Captain John Hayward B164
1660/08/25 1661/09/17 Post Captain Thomas Allen B164
1664/06/26 1665/06/15 Vice-Admiral Thomas Allen B164
1665/06/11 1666/02/24 Post Captain John Jefferies B051
1666/02/25 1666/06/07 Post Captain Roger Miller B164
1666/06/08 1667/11/08 Post Captain John Lloyd B051
1668 Unknown Post Captain William Basse B029
1668/05/13 1668/06/13 Post Captain John Hubbard B051
1672/01/11 1672/02/25 Post Captain William Poole B051
1672/03/11 1672/06/07 Post Captain Roger Strickland B051
1672/06/09 1673/07/06 Post Captain Richard Le Neve B164
1673/07/07 1674/07/27 Post Captain Anthony Young B164
1677/04/09 1679/07/11 Admiral John Narborough B164
1688/08/03 1691 Post Captain Richard Carter B164
1691 1692 Post Captain John Maine B164
1693 1693/07 Post Captain John Leake B164
1693/07 1695/01/28 Post Captain James Killigrew B164
1695/02/01 1696 Post Captain Charles Cornwall B164
1697 1699 Post Captain John Jennings B164
1699 1699 Post Captain Henry Robinson B164
1701 1702 Post Captain Robert Kirktown B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1660 Unknown Lieutenant Richard James B051
1664 1665 Lieutenant John Utber B051
1664 1665 Lieutenant Philemon Bacon B051
1665 1665 Lieutenant Robert Werden B051
1677/05/03 1677/09 Lieutenant Cloudisley Shovell W031
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1655/04/04 Present at the Battle of Porto Farina  
1656 In company with Speaker and Bridgewater attacked a Spanish West Indies fleet of 8 vessels, two were sunk, two run ashore and two taken B164
1656/02/22 Became Flagship of a squadron of six vessels left to blockade Tunis (Plymouth, Kentish, Newcastle, Foresight, Taunton and Mermaid) B164
1657/04/18 Present at the Battle of Santa Cruz  
1659 Operations in the Sound  
1660 In the Downs, later sailed to the Levant  
1665/06/03 Present at the Battle of Lowestoft  
1665/09/01 Present at the Action of 1665-09-03  
1666/06/01 Present at Four Days Battle, 5 dead, 20 wounded  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1672 At Tangier and in the Mediterranean B164
1672/05/28 Present at the Battle of Solebay  
1673/08/10 Present at the Battle of Texel  
1674 Paid off B164
1677/04/09 Recommissioned as Flagship on the Mediterranean B164
1678/11 Present at the Action of 1678-11  
1679/05 Returned home B164
1679/07 Laid up at Portsmouth B164
1688/08/03 Recommissioned B164
1689/05/01 Present at the Battle of Bantry Bay  
1690/06/30 Present at the Battle of Beachy Head  
1695/01/18 Present at the Action of 1695-01-18  
1697/01/24 Took the privateer La Concorde  
1697/02/05 Took the privateer Nouveau Cherbourg  
1697/02/05 Took the privateer Dauphin  
1697/02/05 Present at the Action of 1697-02-05  
1697/02/05 In company with Rye took Nouveau Cherbourg and Dauphin B164
1699/07 Guard duty at Plymouth until paid off B164
1703 Broken up at Blackwall to be rebuilt 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
1665/09/01 Action of 1665-09-03
1666/06/01 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
1672/05/28 Battle of Solebay
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel
1678/11 Action of 1678-11
1689/05/01 Battle of Bantry Bay
1690/06/30 Battle of Beachy Head
1695/01/18 Action of 1695-01-18
1697/02/05 Action of 1697-02-05
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
B032 The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984 E. H. H. Archibald
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B168 England in the Mediterranean (1603-1713) Julian S Corbett
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press

Last Updated :2009/08/28 at 18:41:58 by Cy

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