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HBMS Swiftsure (1654)

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Swiftsure, 60 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Swiftsure
Launched	1654
Shipyard	Woolwich
Designer	Sir Christopher Pett
Constructor	Sir Christopher Pett
Rate	Second Rate
Type	Ship
Out Service	1666/06/11
Fate	Captured

Dimensions

Source	The Ship of the Line - Volume I
Length of Keel	118' 0"
Breadth	37' 10"
Depth in Hold	16' 0"
Burthen	898

Armament

Date	1660	B065
Gun Deck	60	All Guns

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1654/12/25	380	At the start of the West Indies expedition, including 30 soldiers	B029

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1654/08	1655/06	General at Sea	William Penn	B051
1658	1659	Vice-Admiral	William Goodson	W014
1666	1666/06/11	Vice-Admiral of the White	William Berkley	B029

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1650	1651	Post Captain	Anthony Houlding	W014
1654/12	1655/06	Post Captain	Jonas Poole	W014
1660	1660	Post Captain	Richard Stayner	W014
1664	1665	Post Captain	Thomas Teddiman	W014

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1665	1665	Lieutenant	Thomas Bridgeman	W014

Service record

1652/08/30	The Council of State wrote to the Commissioners of the Navy desiring then to give a speedy account to the Council why the ships Swiftsure and new frigate at Woolwich are in no better forwardness	B029
1653/02/02	The Admiralty Commitee order that the Swiftsure be ready to sail on the 1st April	B029
1653/02/18	The Admiralty Commitee order that the Swiftsure be ready to sail on the 1st May with 6 months provisions	B029
1653/04/01	Richard Deane and George Monck wrote to the Admiralty Commitee that the Swiftsure will not be ready this two months and that Captain Strong may stay for the Swiftsure	B029
1654/12/25	Flagship of General at Sea Sir William Penn in the expedition to the West Indies	B051
1655/05/04	The fleet left Hispaniola	B029
1655/05/10	Reached Jamaica, which surrendered on the 17th	B029
1655/05/25	The Swiftsure's lower deck guns were placed on board the Discovery, which blew up later in the day. Most of the guns were recovered	B029
1655/06/25	Sailed for England	B029
1655/08/31	Anchored at Spithead	B029
1659	Part of Admiral Edward Monague's fleet in the Sound	B058
1666/06/11	Surrounded and captured by the Dutch, Vice-Admiral Sir William Berkeley was killed in the action	B029

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1666/06/11	Four Days Battle

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B065	The Ship of the Line - Volume I
W014	Anglo Dutch Wars Blog
B051	Biographia Navalis - Volume I
B029	The Royal Navy Vol II
B058	Naval wars in the Baltic during the Sailing-Ship E

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