| Nonsuch | 403 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 34 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Ordered | 1645/12 | BWAS-1603 | |
| Launched | 1646 | B028 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Deptford Dockyard | B028 | |
| Constructor | Peter Pett | BWAS-1603 | |
| Category | Fourth Rate | B028 | |
| Ship Type | Ship | B028 | |
| Wrecked | 1664/12/03 | BWAS-1603 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1603 |
| Length of Keel | 98' 0" | Imperial Feet | 29.8704 | Breadth | 28' 4" | Imperial Feet | 8.636 | Depth in Hold | 14' 2" | Imperial Feet | 4.318 | Burthen | 418 44⁄94 | Tons BM |
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1646 | 160 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1660 | 120 | BWAS-1603 | |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1646 | 1647 | Captain | William Thomas | BWAS-1603 |
| 1647/10 | 1649 | Captain | Richard Willoughby | W015 |
| 1650 | 1652/12 | Captain | John Mildmay | BWAS-1603 |
| 1652/12 | 1655 | Captain | Thomas Penrose | BWAS-1603 |
| 1656 | 1657 | Captain | John Woolters | BWAS-1603 |
| 1660 | 1660 | Captain | Ambrose Smith† | BWAS-1603 |
| 1661/03/27 | 1662/09/08 | Captain | John Parker | BWAS-1603 |
| 1664 | Unknown | Captain | Richard Country | B051 |
| 1664 | 1664 | Captain | Amos Beare | TRN2 |
| 1664/03/19 | 1664/11/03 | Captain | Nicholas Parker | B051 |
| 1664/11/04 | 1664/12/03 | Captain | Philemon Bacon | BWAS-1603 |
| Commissioned Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1660 | 1660 | Lieutenant | William Trehearne | B051 |
| 1661 | 1661 | Lieutenant | Gerard White | B051 |
| 1663 | Unknown | Lieutenant | Thomas Trafford | B051 |
| Warrant Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| Unknown | 1649/04 | Purser | John Plaice | SPD-1649 |
| 1649/04/03 | Unknown | Purser | John Chapman | SPD-1649 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1646 | Commissioned for the Winter Guard 1646/47 | BWAS-1603 |
| 1647 | Stationed in the Irish Sea and then the Channel | BWAS-1603 |
| 1648/09 | Stationed in the Downs | BWAS-1603 |
| 1649 | Present at the Blockade of Kinsale | |
| 1649 | Took the Fifth Rate Ship Mary and Joseph captor attribution is uncertain | |
| 1650 | On the West coast | BWAS-1603 |
| 1651 | Sailed to the Mediterranean | BWAS-1603 |
| 1651/12 | Took the Fourth Rate Ship Renommée | |
| 1652/09/28 | Present at the Battle of Kentish Knock | |
| 1653 | Re-classed as a 38 gunner | |
| 1653/02/18 | Present at the Battle of Portland | |
| 1653/06/02 | Present at the Battle of the Gabbard | |
| 1660 | Re-classed as a 34 gunner | |
| 1661 | At Tangier | BWAS-1603 |
| 1662 | In the Mediterranean | BWAS-1603 |
| 1664 | In the Mediterranean | BWAS-1603 |
| 1664/12/03 | Wrecked in a storm at Gibraltar | BWAS-1603 |
| Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1647 | 1648 | Winter Guard of 1647 | Thomas Rainsborough | 1649/09 | 1650 | Winter Guard of 1649 | 1659 | 1659 | British Baltic Fleet 1659 | Lord Edward Montagu |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| BWAS-1603 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| W015 | English Parliamentary Journals | Various | Web Site |
| B051 | Biographia Navalis - Volume I | John Charnock | Book |
| TRN2 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol II | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |
| SPD-1649 | Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1649-50 | Mary Anne Everett Green (editor) | Book |