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| Fleet Commander | Thomas RainsboroughBritish Naval Sailor Service 1643-1648 | |
| Fleet Formed | 1647 | |
| Fleet Disbanded | 1648 |
| Ship | Joined | Left | Commander | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leopard (36)
1635-1653 British 36 Gun 3rd Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | William BattenBritish , Naval Sailor Administrator Service 1628-1667 Benjamin CrandleyBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1643-1647 Thomas RainsboroughBritish Naval Sailor Service 1643-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Expedition (30)
1637-1667 British 30 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | 1647 | 1648 | Joseph JordanBritish Naval Sailor Service 1642-1672 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Warwick (22)
1643-1660 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship 1650 Renamed "Old Warwick" | 1647 | 1648 | James PeacockBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1643-1653 Richard FarmerBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1647-1648 Richard FernesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1649 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Lions Whelp X (14)
1627-1654 British 14 Gun 5th Rate Sloop | 1647 | 1648 | William LawrenceBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1646-1647 William BrandleyBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1647-1653 John TaylerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
| 1647 | 1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||||
Crescent (14)
1642-1649 British 14 Gun 6th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | John EdwinBritish Naval Sailor Service 1645-1664 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Greyhound (12)
1636-1656 British 12 Gun 5th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | John CoppinBritish Naval Sailor Service 1644-1666 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Weymouth (18)
1645-1662 British 18 Gun Unrated Pink | 1647 | 1648 | John PierceBritish Naval Sailor Service 1645-1647 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Robert (8)
1642-1649 British 8 Gun 6th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | William RewBritish Naval Sailor Service 1643-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Hector (22)
1643-1656 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Edward EliotBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1645-1647 Francis PenroseBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1650 | Fleet disbanded | ||
President (34)
1646-1656 British 34 Gun 5th Rate Ship 1650 Renamed "Old President" | 1647 | 1648 | John PilgrimBritish Naval Sailor Service 1646-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Fellowship (28)
1643-1662 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Henry JervoiseBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Lion (42)
1640-1658 British 42 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line | 1647 | 1648 | Richard SwanleyBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1640-1666 Richard SwanleyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1640-1666 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Bonaventure (30)
1621-1653 British 30 Gun 3rd Rate Middling Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Walter MaynardBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1646-1647 John CrowtherBritish Naval Sailor Service 1645-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Nonsuch (34)
1646-1664 British 34 Gun 4th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | William ThomasBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1642-1647 Richard WilloughbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1644-1649 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Assurance (40)
1646-1698 British 40 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | 1647 | 1648 | William PennBritish Naval Sailor Service 1644-1670 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Adventure (32)
1646-1691 British 32 Gun 4th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Thomas BeddallBritish Naval Sailor Service 1644-1648 | Fleet disbanded | ||
| 1647 | 1648 | William SwanleyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1642-1647 | Fleet disbanded | |||
Providence (30)
1637-1668 British 30 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | 1647 | 1648 | John StansbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1643-1674 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Mary Rose (26)
1623-1650 British 26 Gun 4th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Phineas PettBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1645-1665 Thomas HarrisonBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1652 | Fleet disbanded | ||
Increase (12)
1645-1650 British 12 Gun 6th Rate Ship | 1647 | 1648 | Robert MoultonBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1643-1652 William LedgantBritish Naval Sailor Service 1647-1658 | Fleet disbanded |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1647/08/24 | Report from the Admiralty Committee, concerning the Winter's Guard By the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Admiralty and Cinque Ports. The Committee did this Day take into Consideration, that the Victualing of the Summer Guard begins to expire, and that it is necessary to have a Resolution taken touching the next Winter's Guard, that the Preparations may be made accordingly: And whereas there were ordered, for the last Winter's Expedition, Forty-one Ships and Vessels, which did bear Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-eight Men: Now, on Consideration of a Report from the Commissioners of the Navy (in Pursuance of a Reference to them made), touching the Ships of the Fleet fittest for the next Winter's Expedition, it is this Day Ordered, That the Ships and Vessels here-under mentioned, bearing in the whole Two Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Men, be presented to the Approbation of both Houses of Parliament, for the making up of the next Winter's Guard |