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    This is a list of early warships belonging to the English sovereign or the English Government, the precursor to the

    Interregnum, English warships had been the personal property of the monarch and were collectively termed "the king's ships"). Between Charles I's
    execution in 1649 and the Restoration eleven years later, the Navy became the property of the state (Commonwealth and Protectorate), under which it expanded dramatically in size.

    Prefix

    While the prefix "HMS" (for His or Her Majesty's Ship) is often applied in connection with these ships, the term was not technically applicable, as it was only instituted with the establishment of the

    Restoration of King Charles II of England
    .

    Glossary

    The dates for ships before 1485 are probably listed using the contemporary English convention of the first day of the year being 25 March (Lady Day).

    In the sections listing warships in the English/Royal Navy from 1485 onwards, the dates have been quoted using the modern convention of the year starting on 1 January, where this information is available. All dates are given in the Julian Calendar ("Old Style").

    List of English warships before 1485

    The following list is based extensively upon that provided in Michael Oppenheim's History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and in Volume 1 of William Laird Clowes's The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to 1900.

    Note that almost every vessel listed had the words "of the Tower" (or "de la Tour" when inscribed in French, still an official language at the time) affixed to its name. This affix was simply the equivalent of the modern prefix "HMS" and is omitted below.
    The number of guns quoted in most sources comprised almost entirely small(ish) iron weapons created from wrought material bound into barrels by iron hoops. These were exclusively anti-personnel weaponry; very few heavy weapons were carried, and even these were rarely used for ship-to-ship fire.
    • Trinity – Dismantled c. 1409, materials used for Trinity Royal
    • Goodgrace (c. 1400)
    • Le Carake (ex-Genoese Sancta Maria & Sancta Brigida, captured 1409)
    • Christopher 5 (1410/12) – Holk (similar to a cog)
    • Trinity Royal (1416)
    • Jesus (c. 1416)
    • George (ex-Genoese carrack ?, captured 1416) – To Venice 1424
    • Marie Hampton (ex-Genoese carrack ?, captured 1416)
    • Marie Sandwich (ex-Genoese carrack ?, captured 1416)
    • Agase (ex-Genoese carrack ?, captured 1416) – Wrecked on mudflats c. 1418
    • Andrew (ex-Genoese carrack Galeas Negre, captured 1417)
    • Peter (ex-Genoese carrack ?, captured 1417)
    • Paul (ex-Genoese carrack Vivande, captured 1417)
    • Christopher Spayne (ex-Genoese Pynele ??, captured 1417) – Sold 1423
    • Marie Spayne (ex-Spanish ?, captured 1417)
    • Holigost Spayne [Holy Ghost of Spain] (ex-Spanish Santa Clara, captured 1417)
    • Grace Dieu (1418) – Lightning and fire, 1439
    • Grace Dieu (1449) – rebuilt 1473, BU c. 1487
    • Peter – Abandoned 1462
    • Mary 48
    • George
    • Edward Howard (c. 1466, ex-Portuguese ?, captured 1479)
    • Governor (1485)

    List of English warships 1485–1603

    The lists for the Tudor period are taken primarily from Arthur Nelson's The Tudor Navy and David Childs's Tudor Sea Power (cited in references at the end of this article).

    Where applicable, number of main guns follows name (see Rating system of the Royal Navy). Note that long-lived ships could be rearmed several times. Many earlier ships went through periodic repairs and rebuildings (many now unrecorded) during which their dimensions and their armament changed considerably.

    Henry VII (additions 1485–1509)

    The number of guns listed in various sources is not really relevant; most of the large number quoted in contemporary records were small anti-personnel weapons, and the number of these would vary from time to time (changes usually unrecorded). Accordingly, the figures have been omitted.

    • Carvel of Ewe (purchased 1487) – last mentioned 1518
    • Regent (ex-Grace Dieu) (built 1488) – burnt at the
      Battle of St Matthieu
      , 1512
    • Sovereign (ex-Trinity Sovereign) (built 1488) – rebuilt 1509, last mentioned 1525
    • Michael (1488, a prize taken from the Scots; not to be confused with the much larger Scottish carrack Michael) – last mentioned 1513
    • Margaret (1490, a prize taken from the Scots) – deleted before 1509
    • Mary Fortune (prototype galleass built 1497) – renamed Swallow when rebuilt 1512, deleted 1527
    • Sweepstake (prototype galleass built 1497 in Portsmouth what is thought by some to be the UK's first dry dock.) – deleted 1527

    Henry VIII (additions 1509–1547)

    Heavy (bronze) guns mounted on carriages only appeared during this reign. The concept of cutting gunports into the lower deck emerged early in the period, and relatively few heavy guns were carried. Even the largest would only have heavy guns numbering in single figures, the remainder being small anti-personnel weapons.

    Ships

    These were described simply as ships, most were probably carracks)

      • Mary Rose (1509) – rebuilt 1536, sank 1545, starboard-side remains recovered 1982 and preserved at Portsmouth
      • Peter Pomegranate (1510) – rebuilt 1536, deleted 1552
      • Jennet Prywin (ex-Scottish Andrew Barton, captured 1511, originally Danish) – deleted 1514
      • Lion (ex-Scottish privateer prize, captured 1511) – sold 1513
      • Anne Gallant (built 1512) – wrecked 1518
      • Christ (ex Christ of Lynn, purchased 1512) – captured by Barbary pirates 1515
      • Dragon (built 1512) – last recorded 1514
      • John Baptist (purchased 1512) – wrecked 1534
      • Mary George (ex Mary Howard, purchased 1512) – last recorded 1526
      • Mary James (ex James of Hull, purchased 1512) – last recorded 1529
      • Lizard (purchased 1512) – last recorded 1522
      • Great Nicholas (ex Nicholas Reede, purchased 1512) – deleted by 1522
      • Great Bark 63 (built 1512) – sold 1531
      • Little Barbara or Barbara of Greenwich (1512) – last recorded 1514
      • Black Bark or Christopher (1513) – last recorded 1514
      • Henry Hampton (purchased 1513) – hulked 1521 and not later recorded
      • Mary Imperial (1513) – last recorded 1525
      • Henri Grâce à Dieu
         ("Great Harry") 186 (1514) – rebuilt 1539, renamed Edward 1547, but accidentally burned 1553.
      • Great Elizabeth (ex Salvator von Lubeck, purchased 1514) – wrecked 1514.
      • Great Galley (built 1515) – rebuilt 1542 as a ship and renamed Great Bark
      • Less Bark (1517) – rebuilt 1536 and renamed Small Bark, last recorded 1552
      • Mary Gloria (purchased 1517) – last recorded 1522
      • Katherine Bark (built 1518) – last recorded 1525
      • Bark of Bullen (captured 1522 from the French) – last recorded 1525
      • Bark of Murless (ex Bark of Morlaix, captured 1522 from the French) – last recorded 1530
      • Magdeline (ex Mawdlyn of Deptford, 1522) – last recorded 1525
      • Mary and John (Spanish galleon) – last recorded 1528
      • John of Greenwich (captured 1523) – last recorded 1530
      • Primrose (built 1523) – rebuilt 1538, sold 1555
      • Minion (built 1523) – rebuilt 1536, given away 1549
      • Mary Guildford (built 1524) – last recorded 1539
      • Trinity Henry (1530) – sold 1558
      • Sweepstake (built 1535) – condemned 1559
      • Mary Willoughby
         (built 1535) – captured by the Scots 1536 but retaken 1547, rebuilt 1551, sold 1573
      • Matthew (ex Matthew Gonson, purchased 1539) – last recorded 1558
      • Pansy (built 1543) – condemned 1558
      • Artigo (ex Ferronière, captured 1543 from the French) – sold 1547
      • Jesus of Lübeck (ex-Hanseatic League carrack Jesus von Lübeck, purchased 1544) – sunk by Spanish 1568
      • Marryan (ex-Hanseatic League Morian Murryan, purchased 1544) – sold 1551
      • Struss (ex-Hanseatic League Struce of Dawsky, purchased 1544) – sold 1552
      • Mary Hambrough (ex-Hanseatic League, purchased 1544) – sold 1558
      • Christopher of Bream (purchased 1545) – sold 1556
      • Mary Thomas (captured 1545) – last recorded 1546
      • Mary James (captured 1545) – last recorded 1546
      • Mary Odierne (captured 1545) – last recorded 1546
      • Trinity (captured 1545) – last recorded 1546
      • Sacrett (captured 1545) – condemned 1559
      • Hope Bark (1546) – last recorded 1548

    Carracks

    These were specifically mentioned as such, although most of the "ships" above were probably carracks also.

      • Gabriel Royal (ex Genoese, purchased 1512)
      • Katherine Fortune (ex Genoese Katarina Fortileza, purchased 1512)
      • Mary Loret (ex Genoese Maria de Larreto, requisitioned 1514, but returned later in the same year)
      • Great Barbara (ex Mawdelyn, purchased 1513) – last recorded 1524

    Galleys

      • Henry Galley (built 1512) – lost 1513
      • Rose Galley (1512) – last recorded 1521
      • Kateryn Galley (1512) – last recorded 1527
      • Galley Subtile (built 1543) – listed as a gallease 1546, condemned 1560
      • Mermaid (ex Galley Blanchard, captured 1545) – last recorded 1563

    Galleasses

    The galleass was a compromise between the sleek lines and underwater shape of the galley and the broadside guns of the carrack; in this sense it was the predecessor of the galleon. Primarily sailing warships, with oars as ancillary means of propulsion. Twelve were built for Henry VIII in three groups between 1536 and 1546, and two further vessels of the type were captured from the Scottish Navy and added to the English fleet, and another was purchased. As the oars were found to detract from their sailing performance, they were removed by the time of Henry's death and in 1549 all fifteen galleasses were re-classed as 'ships'. Those in good condition were rebuilt as small galleons in 1558 (six) or 1570 (two).

    First group These four vessels were three-masted galleasses, each with a low forecastle and three pairs of gunports set along the rowing deck. A fifth galleasse - the George - was much smaller and was purchased rather than built for the Navy.

    • Lion (1536) – taken to pieces 1552
    • Jennet (1539) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • Dragon (1542) – taken to pieces 1552
    • Greyhound (1545) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • George (1546) - taken to pieces 1558

    Second group The four ships built to this type (together with two similar vessels captured from the Scots) were four-masted galleasses with a higher forecastle. They also had three or four pairs of gunports on the lower deck, but also a couple of smaller pairs on the half-deck above.

    • New Bark (1543) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • Swallow (1544) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • Unicorn (captured 1544 from the Royal Scots Navy) – taken to pieces 1552
    • Salamander (built 1537 in France and captured 1544 from the Royal Scots Navy) – condemned 1559
    • Grand Mistress (1545) – sold to take to pieces 1552
    • Anne Gallant (1545) – gone by 1560

    Last group Also four-masted, these were flush-decked vessels, with the forecastle joined to the half-deck to form a continuous upper deck.

    • Hart (1546) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • Antelope
      38 (1546) – rebuilt as a galleon 1558
    • Bull 26 (1546) – rebuilt as a galleon 1570
    • Tiger (1546) – rebuilt as a galleon 1570

    Other small vessels

    These were classed as pinnaces

      • Great Zebra (1522) – last recorded 1525
      • Less Zebra (1522) – last recorded 1525
      • Mary Grace (a hoy Mary of Homflete, captured 1522 from the French) – last recorded 1525
      • Great Pinnace (1544, but may have been the Great Zabra renamed) – last recorded 1545
      • Less Pinnace (1544, but may have been the Less Zabra renamed) – last recorded 1549
      • Falcon (1544) – listed as a ship from 1557, last recorded 1578
      • Roo (built 1545) – captured by the French 1547
      • Marlion or Martin (captured from the French 1545) – last recorded 1549
      • Saker (built 1545) – listed as a ship from 1557, last recorded 1565
      • Hind (built 1545) – listed as a ship from 1557, sold 1557
      • Brigantine (built 1545) – captured by the French 1552
      • Hare (built 1545) – sold 1573
      • Phoenix (purchased 1546) – listed as ship from 1557, rebuilt 1558 and sold 1573
      • Trego Ronnyger (1546) – last recorded 1549

    Also in 1546, thirteen armed rowbarges of 20 tons each were built – Double Rose, Flower de Luce (captured by the French in 1562), Sun, Harp, Cloud in the Sun, Hawthorne, Three Ostrich Feathers, Falcon in the Fetterlock, Portcullis, Rose in the Sun, Maidenhead, Roseslip and Gillyflower. The first three of these were rebuilt in 1557–58 and classed as pinnaces, the next five named above were sold in 1548–49 (for £154.4.0d each) and the last five were condemned in 1552.

    Edward VI (additions 1547–1553)

    Notwithstanding the considerable number of minor additions below, few significant vessels were added during this brief reign, and the majority of those that were added are prizes. Except where a fate is stated below, all the following were only listed as king's ships in the year quoted in brackets, and did not appear subsequently in records.

    Mary I (additions 1553–1558)

    Contrary to the subsequent Elizabethan propaganda that Mary's reign neglected the Navy, this brief reign saw the addition of the first real galleons (all Henry's new or rebuilt big ships had been carracks) – the first three detailed below – and the rebuilding of six former galleasses to the galleon concept, as well as the commencement of a larger vessel ordered under the name Edward, which was to be launched as Elizabeth Jonas in the first few months of Elizabeth's reign.

    Note the number of guns given above is nominal. The much greater figures usually quoted include small/light cast-iron (anti-personnel) weapons, whereas the figures quoted here reflect the approximate number of carriage-mounted heavy bronze guns positioned on the lower or upper deck for anti-ship fire.

    Elizabeth I (additions 1558–1603)

    List of English warships (1603–1642)

    Number of carriage-mounted (or similar) guns follows name (see Rating system of the Royal Navy). For many early warships, the published "number of guns" included smaller anti-personnel weapons (mounted on swivels), whereas for strict comparison with later data only carriage-mounted heavy guns should be included.
    The major ships (from 1618 onwards) are included in pages 158–159 of The Ship of the Line, Volume I, by Brian Lavery, published by Conways, 1983,
    ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6
    .

    Major ships existing in 1618

    New and Rebuilt Ships, James I (1603–1625)

    For the first time, under the Stuart monarchy, a division of the Navy into different categories was initiated. The largest of the great ships were categorised as ships royal, while the remainder were grouped as middling ships or small ships.
    Note that ships royal would under Charles I become the first rank (later first rate) ships; similarly, great ships would become the second rank (later second rate) ships; middling ships would become the third rank (later third rate) ships; and small ships would become the fourth rank (later fourth rate) ships – later to be further sub-divided (about 1650) into fourth, fifth and sixth rates.

    • Ships royal (later, first rank ships)
      • Anne Royal 40 guns (1608) – a rebuilding of the Ark Royal of 1587.
      • Prince Royal 51 guns (1610) – a replacement for (not a rebuilding of) the Victory of 1560.
      • Merhonour 40 guns (1615) – a rebuilding of the ship of 1590.
    • Great ships (later, second rank ships)
      Originally with 32–34 guns, by 1660 this had increased to 56 guns (64 in the Triumph).
      • Hope 34 guns (1605) – a second rebuilding of the Hope of 1559.
      • Nonsuch 32 guns (1605) – a rebuilding of the Nonpareil of 1584 (itself a rebuilding of the Philip and Mary of 1556.
      • Red Lion 32 guns (1609) – a second rebuilding of the Golden Lion of 1557.
      • Repulse 34 guns (1610) – a rebuilding of the ship of 1596.
      • Defiance 34 guns (1613) – a rebuilding of the ship of 1590.
      • Vanguard 34 guns (1615) – a rebuilding of the ship of 1586.
      • Rainbow 34 guns (1615) – a rebuilding of the ship of 1586.
      • Constant Reformation 42 (1619) – Joined Royalists June 1648, lost September 1651.[4]
      • Victory 42 (1620) – Rebuilt 1666.[4]
      • Swiftsure 42 (1621) – Rebuilt 1654.[4]
      • hulked 1687 and then sunk as a blockship 1697.[4]
      • St Andrew 42 (1622) – Renamed Andrew 1649 but resumed name St Andrew 1660, wrecked 1666.[4]
      • Triumph 42 (1623) – Sold 1688.[4]
    • Middling ships (later, third rank ships)
      Originally with only 28 or 30 guns, this was raised to 30–34 by 1633 and 40 guns by 1652.
    • Small ships (later, fourth rank ships)

    New and rebuilt ships, Charles I (1625–1642)

    Note that this list only included the first part of Charles's reign preceding the English Civil War (i.e. up to 1642), Subsequent acquisitions are listed in the following section.

    • First rank (ships royal)
    • Second rank (great ships)
      • Rainbow Second Rank, 40 (rebuilt 1629) – Rearmed to 56 guns by 1660, sunk as a breakwater 1680.
      • Vanguard Second Rank, 40 (rebuilt 1631) – Rearmed to 56, wrecked, sold 1667 [4]
      • Charles 44 (1632) – Renamed Liberty 1649, wrecked 1650 [4]
      • Henrietta Maria 42 (1633) – Renamed Paragon 1650, lost 1655 [4]
      • James 48 (c. 1634) – rearmed as 60 guns by 1660, sold 1682 [4]
      • Unicorn 46 (1634) – rearmed as 56 guns by 1660, sold 1688 [4]
    • Third rank (middling ships)
      • Swallow 34 (1634) [4]
      • Leopard 34 (1635) – Captured by Netherlands 1653 [4]
      • Lion Third Rank, 40 (rebuilt 1640) – Rebuilt again 1658 [4]

    Lesser ships

    Early frigates

    Captured ships, 1625–1636

    List of major English warships of the English Civil War, the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1642–1660)

    The

    first Anglo-Dutch War
    . During this period the English navy technically became first the Commonwealth Navy, later the Protectorate Navy and subsequently the Commonwealth Navy again; the prefix "HMS" is thus not applicable to any English warship during the Interregnum.

    The following lists include ships of the line, i.e. vessels of the first, second, third and fourth rates which were judged fit to stand in the line of battle. Smaller warships of the fifth and sixth rates, and the even smaller unrated vessels, appear in the subsequent section.

    Under the categorisation as amended in late 1653, the rates were based on the number of men in the established complement of a ship, as follows:

    • First rate, 400 men and over.
    • Second rate, 300 men and up to 399.
    • Third rate, 200 men and up to 299.
    • Fourth rate, 140 men and up to 199.

    However, there were numerous exceptions, and ships changed their Rating from time to time.

    Number of main guns follows name (see rating system of the Royal Navy)
    The larger ships are listed in pages 159–160 of The Ship of the Line Volume I, by Brian Lavery, published by Conways, 1983,
    ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6
    . Lesser warships ("below the line") are taken from A History of the Administration on the Royal Navy (sic!) 1509–1660, by Michael Oppenheim, published by the Bodley Head, 1896, as well as from Winfield's book.
    The frigates listed here are not the type of vessel known as frigates in the 18th and 19th centuries. The term in the 17th century signified a fast vessel, with low superstructure to give more stability.

    First and second rates (three-decked ships)

    A programme comprising four second rates of 60 guns each was adopted in 1654. However, of these four ships the Naseby was completed as a first rate, while the Richard was reclassed as a first rate in 1660 (and renamed).

    • First rate
      • Naseby 80 (1655) – Renamed Royal Charles 1660, captured by the Netherlands, 1667, BU.[6]
    • Second rates
      • Richard 70 (1658) – Renamed Royal James 1660, burnt 1667.[6]
      • Dunbar 64 (1656) – Renamed Henry 1660, rearmed to 82, burnt by accident in 1682.[6]
      • London 64 (1656) – Blown up by accident in 1665.[6]

    Early frigates (fourth rates)

    • The 'first' English frigate
      • Constant Warwick 32 (1645) built as a private venture; she was hired by the Navy from 1646, and purchased outright in 1649 – BU 1666 for rebuild [6]
    • 1646 programme group
    • 1647 programme group

    Later frigates (third and fourth rates)

    • Great frigate (second rate)
    • Speaker group third rate frigates
    • 1649 programme group, third rate frigates
    • 1652 programme group, third rate frigates
    • Later third rate frigates
    • 1649 programme group, fourth rate frigates
    • 1650 programme group, fourth rate frigates
    • 1651 programme group, fourth rate frigates
    • Ruby class (part of 1651 programme)
    • 1652 programme group, fourth rate frigates
      • Kentish 40 (1652) – Renamed Kent 1660, wrecked 1672 [6]
      • Sussex 38/40 (1652) – Rearmed to 46, blew up 1653 [6]
      • Portland 40 (1653) – Burnt to avoid capture 1692 [6]
      • Hampshire 38 (1653) – Rearmed to 46 [6]
    • 1653 programme group, fourth rate frigates
      • Gainsborough 38/40 (1653) – Renamed Swallow 1660, wrecked 1692 [6]
      • Preston 40 (1653) – Renamed Antelope 1660, sold 1693 [6]
      • Nantwich 38/40 (1654) – Renamed Bredah 1660, wrecked 1666 [6]
      • Jersey 38/40 (1654) – Captured by France 1691 [6]
      • Maidstone 40/48 (1654) – Renamed Mary Rose 1660, – Captured by France 1691 [6]
      • Taunton 40 (1654) – Renamed Crown 1660, rearmed to 48 [6]
      • Dover 40 (1654) – Rearmed to 48 [6]
    • Large type (built as 44-gun, later raised in stages to 54 guns)

    Major rebuilds

    • Sovereign 100 (1660) – Rebuilt 1685 [6]
    • Swiftsure 60 (1654) – Captured by the Dutch 1667 [6]
    • Lion 48 (c. 1658) – re-armed at 60 by 1677. Sold 1698 [6]

    Captures of the First Anglo-Dutch War

    The following list covers only the major vessels, all taken from the Dutch and added to the Commonwealth Navy as fourth rates; several dozen further small vessels were also captured from the Dutch during this war, and added to the Protectorate Navy, usually as fifth rate or sixth rate vessels.

    • White Raven 36 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – captured by Dutch privateers 1654.
    • Hound 36 (ex-Dutch Hasewind, captured 1652) – hulked 1656 and sold 1660.
    • Princess Maria 38 (ex-Dutch Prinses Royaal Maria, captured 1652) – wrecked 1658.
    • Dolphin 30 (ex-Dutch Dolfijn, captured 1652) – sold 1657.
    • Sophia 38 (ex-Dutch Sophia, captured 1652) – sold 1667.
    • Stork 36 (ex-Dutch Ooievaar, captured 1652) – Hulked 1653 and sold 1663.
    • Violet 44 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – Hulked 1653 and broken up 1672.
    • Heatsease 36 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – Sold 1656.
    • Welcome 36 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – Expended as fireship 1673.
    • Oak 32 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – burnt by fireship 1653.
    • Bear 36 (ex-Dutch Beer, captured 1652) – given to Ordnance Board 1666.
    • Tulip 32 (ex-Dutch, captured 1652) – Sold 1657.
    • Sampson 32 (ex-Dutch Samsun, captured 1652) – Sold 1658.
    • Cardiff 36 (ex-Dutch Fortun, captured 1652) – Sold 1658.
    • Black Raven 38 (ex-Dutch Zwarte Raaf, captured 1653) – Sold 1654.
    • Ostrich/Estridge (ex-Dutch Vogelstruys, captured 1653) – hulked 1653, and sunk as a breakwater 1679.
    • Golden Cock 36 (ex-Dutch Vergulde Haan, captured 1653) – Sold 1656.
    • Great Charity 44 (ex-Dutch Groote Liefde, captured 1653) – recaptured by Netherlands 1665.
    • Little Charity 38 (ex-Dutch Gecroonde Liefde, captured 1653) – Sold 1656.
    • Elias 36 (ex-Dutch Elias, captured 1653) – Wrecked 1664.
    • Westergate 38 (ex-Dutch Westergo, captured 1653) – foundered 1664.
    • Mathias 38 (ex-Dutch Sint Mattheus, captured 1653) – Burnt by the Dutch 1667.
    • Half Moon 34 (ex-Dutch Halve Maan, captured 1653) – sold 1660.
    • Rosebush 32 (ex-Dutch Rozeboom, captured 1653) – hulked 1664 and sold 1668.
    • Indian 44 (ex-Dutch East Indiaman Roos van Amsterdam, captured 1654) – Sold 1660.

    Captures from the Royalists

    • Guinea 30 (ex-Royalist Charles, captured 1649, ex-merchantman Guinea Frigate) – Sold 1667.
    • Marigold 30 (ex-Royalist Crowned Lion, captured 1650) – Sold 1658.
    • Gillyflower 32 (ex-Royalist Saint Michael, captured 1651, ex-merchantman Archangel San Miguel) – Sold 1667
    • Marmaduke 42 (ex-Royalist Revenge of Whitehall, captured 1652, ex-merchantman Marmaduke) – sunk as a blockship 1667.

    Captures from the Portuguese

    • Convertine 44 (ex-Portuguese, probably the Nossa Senhora da Natividade) – Captured October 1650. There is a small possibility that this may be the same ship as the earlier Convertine of 1620, which had been left behind in Lisbon by the Royalist fleet, but most experts are sceptical. Captured by the Netherlands 1666, and then retaken from the Netherlands by a Scottish privateer in 1667, but not returned to the Royal Navy.
    • A second Portuguese ship, the São Pedro de Lisboa, was also captured in October 1650, but was not added to the English Commonwealth Navy.

    Captures from the French

    • Success 38 (ex-French Jules) – captured 1650, renamed Old Success 1660 and sold 1662
    • Crow 36 (ex-French Croissant) – captured 1652 and sold 1656.
    • Great Gift 36 (ex-French Don de Dieu) – captured 1652 and expended as a fireship 1666.
    • Fortune 36 (ex-French Fortunee) – captured 1652 and sold 1654.

    Other ships

    • John 28
    • Amity 30 (ex-merchantman) – Sold 1667

    For ships-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, successor to the Protectorate Navy after 1660, see List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

    List of smaller English warships of the English Civil War, the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1642–1660)

    [n 1]

    In principle, vessels with an established complement of fewer than 150 were classed (from late 1653) as fifth rate (with between 80 and 139 men), sixth rate (with between 50 and 79 men), or as unrated (with fewer than 50 men). However, there were numerous exceptions, and a large number of vessels changed categories during their service lives.

    • Purchased vessels of the 1640s.
      • Cygnet 18, purchased 1643, sold 1654.
      • Hector 22, purchased 1644, sold 1656.
    • Captured vessels of the 1640s.
      • Fellowship 28, captured from Royalists 1643, sold 1662.
      • Warwick 22, captured from Royalists 1643, sold 1660.
      • Globe 24, captured from Royalists 1644, sold 1648.
      • Swann 12, captured from Royalists 1645, wrecked 1653.
      • Satisfaction 20, purchased 1646, wrecked 1662.
    • Fifth rates, 1651 programme
      • Pearl 22, built 1651, sunk as a breakwater 1697.
      • Mermaid 22, built 1651, rebuilt 1689.
      • Primrose 22, built 1651, wrecked 1656.
      • Nightingale 22, built 1651, wrecked 1674.
    • Sixth rates, 1652 programme
      • Drake
        14, built 1652, sold 1691.
      • Merlin
        14, built 1652, captured by the Dutch 1665.
      • Martin
        14, built 1652, sold 1667.
    • Fifth rates, 1653 programme
      • Colchester 22, built 1654, sunk 1667.
      • Islip 22, built 1654, wrecked 1655.
      • Fagons 22, built 1654, renamed Milford 1660, burnt 1673.
      • Selby 22, built 1654, renamed Eagle 1660, sunk as a breakwater 1694.
      • Basing 22, built 1654, renamed Guernsey 1660, taken to pieces 1693.
      • Grantham 22, built 1654, renamed Garland 1660, sold 1698.
    • Fifth rates, 1654 programme
      • Norwich 22, built 1655, wrecked 1682.
      • Pembroke 22, built 1655, foundered 1667 after collision.
      • Dartmouth 22, built 1655, wrecked 1690.
      • Cheriton 22, built 1656, renamed Speedwell 1660, wrecked 1676.
      • Wakefield 22, built 1656, renamed Richmond 1660, sold 1698.
      • Oxford 22, built 1656, destroyed in explosion 1669.
    • Fifth rates, 1656 programme
      • Forrester 22, built 1657, destroyed in explosion 1672.
      • Bradford 24, built 1658, renamed Success 1660, wrecked 1680.
    • Sixth rates and unrated vessels, 1657 programme

    (note these six were ketch-rigged, three being classed as sixth rates and three being unrated)

    See also

    Footnotes

    1. ^ This list has been completed for purpose-built craft, but numerous captured and purchased vessels need to be added.

    References

    Notes

    1. ^
      ISBN 0-85177-252-8
    2. ^ www.csubmarine.org: Chatham dockyard
    3. ^ BBC: 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy
    4. ^
      ISBN 0-85177-252-8
    5. ISBN 0-85177-252-8
    6. ^
      ISBN 0-85177-252-8

    Bibliography

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