| Paradox | 5693 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | B028 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | B028 | |
| Operator | The Royal Navy | B028 | |
| Previously | Royalist fifth rate ship 'Name Unknown' (1649) | B028 | |
| Captured | 1649 | B028 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | B028 | |
| Category | Fifth Rate | W015 | |
| Ship Type | Ship | B028 | |
| Sold | 1668/02 | BWAS-1603 | |
Dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension | Measurement | Type | Metric Equivalent | BWAS-1603 |
| Length of Keel | 60' 0" | Imperial Feet | 18.288 | Breadth | 20' 0" | Imperial Feet | 6.096 | Depth in Hold | 8' 0" | Imperial Feet | 2.4384 | Draught Aft | 9' 0" | Imperial Feet | 2.7432 | Burthen | 127 62⁄94 | Tons BM |
| Crew Complement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | # of Men | Notes | Source |
| 1649 | 70 | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1650/09 | 70 | Establishment | W015 |
| 1652/01 | 60 | B117 | |
| Commanders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1649 | 1649 | Captain | Benjamin Blake | BWAS-1603 |
| 1650 | 1650 | Captain | John Seaman | BWAS-1603 |
| 1650/09 | 1651 | Captain | Thomas Coule | W015 |
| 1652 | 1653 | Captain | Anthony Archer | BWAS-1603 |
| 1653 | 1655 | Captain | Roger Jones | BWAS-1603 |
| 1656 | 1660/06 | Captain | Richard Cowes | B051 |
| 1663/03/09 | 1663/04/01 | Captain | Edward Cotterell | B051 |
| 1664/12/22 | 1667/10/17 | Captain | Leonard Guy | B051 |
| Warrant Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Rank | Name | Source |
| 1649/07/08 | Unknown | Gunner | John Basill | SPD-1649 |
| 1651/11/01 | Unknown | Boatswain | Paul Seamer | SPD-1651-2 |
| Service History | Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1649 | Blockade of Kinsale | BWAS-1603 |
| 1649/11/13 | Ordered to be fitted | BWAS-1603 |
| 1652/09/28 | Present at the Battle of Kentish Knock | |
| 1653 | Off the coast of Ireland in the Winter | BWAS-1603 |
| 1653/02/18 | Present at the Battle of Portland | |
| 1660/06 | In the Bristol Channel | BWAS-1603 |
| 1665/06/03 | Present at the Battle of Lowestoft | |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| W015 | English Parliamentary Journals | Various | Web Site |
| BWAS-1603 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| B117 | NRS Vol 013 - Papers relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 Vol I | Unknown | 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 |
| SPD-1651-2 | Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1651-2 | Mary Anne Everett Green (editor) | Book |