| Elizabeth | 406 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 38 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Launched | 1647 | B028 | |
| How acquired | Purpose built | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Deptford Dockyard | B028 | |
| Constructor | Peter Pett | BWAS-1603 | |
| Category | Fourth Rate | B028 | |
| Ship Type | Ship | B028 | |
| Sunk in Action | 1667/06/05 | BWAS-1603 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1603 |
| Length of Keel | 101' 6" | Imperial Feet | 30.9372 | Breadth | 29' 8" | Imperial Feet | 9.0424 | Depth in Hold | 14' 10" | Imperial Feet | 4.5212 | Burthen | 475 15⁄94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1666 | Broadside Weight = 220 Imperial Pound ( 99.7702 kg) | BWAS-1603 | ||
| Gun Deck | 12 | British Culverin | ||
| Gun Deck | 8 | British Saker | ||
| Gun Deck | 20 | British Demi-Culverin | ||
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1652 | 150 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1653 | 160 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1660 | 130 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1666 | 160 | BWAS-1603 | |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1648 | 1653 | Captain | Jonas Reeve | BWAS-1603 |
| 1653 | 1655 | Captain | Christopher Myngs | BWAS-1603 |
| 1656 | 1658 | Captain | Robert Coleman | BWAS-1603 |
| 1659 | 1660 | Captain | John Grimsditch | BWAS-1603 |
| 1664/05/01 | 1665/05/17 | Captain | Edward Nixon† | B051 |
| 1665/05/18 | 1666/04/08 | Captain | Robert Robinson | B051 |
| 1666/04/09 | 1666/08/18 | Captain | Charles Talbot | B051 |
| 1666/08/19 | 1667/06/05 | Captain | John Lightfoot† | B051 |
| Warrant Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1649/05/27 | Unknown | Boatswain | Thomas Perkins | SPD-1649 |
| 1649/05/27 | Unknown | Gunner | John Cox | SPD-1649 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1648/11 | Present at the recapture of the | BWAS-1603 |
| 1649 | Present at the Blockade of Kinsale | |
| 1650 | Off Cadiz | BWAS-1603 |
| 1651 | Operations against the Royalist bases in the Channel Islands | BWAS-1603 |
| 1652/08/28 | Present at the Battle of Elba | |
| 1653/03/04 | Present at the Battle of Leghorn | |
| 1659 | Operations in the Sound | BWAS-1603 |
| 1660/06 | In the Straits | BWAS-1603 |
| 1665 | At Tangier | BWAS-1603 |
| 1665/11/26 | Brought two prizes into Plymouth | BG |
| 1666 | Re-classed as a 40 gunner | |
| 1666/04 | Sailed with a convoy for Lisbon | BWAS-1603 |
| 1666/05 | Returned from Lisbon | BWAS-1603 |
| 1666/07/25 | Present at the St James Day Battle | |
| 1666/08/19 | Commissioned for convoy duties in Virginia | BWAS-1603 |
| 1667/06/05 | Burnt in action with two Dutch warships of Jamestown, Virginia | BWAS-1603 |
| Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 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 |
| B051 | Biographia Navalis - Volume I | John Charnock | Book |
| SPD-1649 | Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1649-50 | Mary Anne Everett Green (editor) | Book |
| BG | The London Gazette | Official | Book |