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HBMS Unicorn (1634)

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years, 1 month ago

Unicorn, 46 - 68 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Ordered
Started
Named
Launched	1634
Shipyard	Woolwich
Plans
Constructor	Boate
Supplier
Decks	2
Rate	Second Rate
In Service	1634
Out Service	1688
Fate	Sold

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
	107' 0"	35' 8"	15' 1"		575		W006

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Lower Gundeck	Upper Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1633	250	49						W017
1642	260	46						W017
1651	260	50						W017

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1633	1634	John Pennington	W014
1642		Thomas Trenchfield	W017
1646	1647	Peter Andrews	W021
1648	1652	Richard Haddock	W014
1653-May	1653	Peter Strong	W014
1653-Sep		William Goodson	W014
1654	1655	Joseph Jordan	W014
1655		John Stokes	W014
1656	1657	Robert Clarke	W014
1656	1657	Jonas Poole	W021
1664	1666-Jun-13	Henry Teddiman	W014
1666-Jun-13	1666-Jun	Mark Harrison	W014
1666	1666-Jul	George Batts	W014
1666		Levi Greene	W021
1666		John Wood	W021
1672		Richard James	W014
1678-Nov-30	1679-May	Lawrence Wright	W021

Mark Harrison

Officers

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1664		Lieutenant	William Bustow	W014
1664		1st Lieutenant	Thomas Adams	W014
1666		Lieutenant	Henry Teddiman Jr	W014
1673		2nd Lieutenant	William Godfrey	W021

Service record

1642	Summer Guard
1654-Sep to 1655	Mediterranean
1678	Guradship at Chatham

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
1653-Jun-12/13	Battle of the Gabbard
1653-Aug-08/10	Battle of Scheveningen
1665-Jun-03	Battle of Lowestoft
1666-Jun-11/14	Four Days Battle
1666-Aug-04	St James' Day Battle
1672-Jun-07	Battle of Solebay

Notes

Sources

W006	Sailing Warships	Teemu
W014	Anglo Dutch Wars Blog	Jim Bender
W017	Historic Parish near Portsmouth	Roger Towner/Richard Roberts
w021	Naval Wargaming Blog	Jim Bender

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