British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Tiger Prize' (1678)

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Tiger Prize	13862
Nominal Guns	48	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Algerian 'Name Unknown' (1678) (48)
Captured	1.4.1678	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	22.3.1677/78	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sunk as Foundation	14.2.1695/96	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376
Length of Keel90' 0"Imperial Feet27.432
Breadth31' 6"Imperial Feet9.6012
Depth in Hold12' 8"Imperial Feet3.7592
Burthen475 ¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1678Broadside Weight = 168 Imperial Pound ( 76.188 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck20 British Demi-Culverin Drake
Gun Deck26 British 6-Pounder

1685Broadside Weight = 159 Imperial Pound ( 72.1065 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck20 British Demi-Culverin Drake
Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder
Gun Deck6 British Minions

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1678230 BWAS-1603

6 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
22.3.1677/78 - 2.8.1678CaptainThomas Hopson (1643-1717)BWAS-16033.1.1681/82 - 9.1.1681/82CaptainRichard DickensonBWAS-160319.1.1681/82 - 4.10.1682CaptainMathew Aylmer (1650-1720)BWAS-16031.4.1688 - 17.3.1688/89CaptainThomas Smith (d.1708)BWAS-16031689 - 2.1692CaptainJames Barber (d.1691/92)BWAS-16033.1691/92 - 1694CaptainRobert Sincock (d.1702)BWAS-1603

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
3.2.1695/96 - 2.2.1696/97LieutenantJohn Crouch (c.1668-?) ADM 6/3/123ADM 6/3

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
11.6.1684 - 4.10.1686Able SeamanWilliam Martin (c.1665-?) ADM 107/1/50ADM 107/1

Service History

DateEventSource
16.6.1678PurchasedBWAS-1603
1685Refitted as a 46 gunner
1689In the West IndiesBWAS-1603
6.1693In the defence of the Smyrna ConvoyBWAS-1603
14.2.1695/96Sunk as a foundation at SheernessBWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

ADM 6/3 Archive

ADM 107/1 Archive

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