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Assurance | 401 | ||
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Nominal Guns | 40 | B028 | |
Nationality | Kingdom of England | ||
Operator | State Navy | ||
Ordered | 12.1645 | BWAS-1603 | |
Launched | 1646 | B028 | |
First Commissioned | 8.10.1646 | B028 | |
How acquired | Purpose built | B028 | |
Shipyard | Deptford Dockyard - Deptford | B028 | |
Constructor | Peter Pett (1610-1672) | B028 | |
Category | Fourth Rate | B028 | |
Ship Type | Ship of the Line | B028 | |
Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | B028 | |
Sold | 1698 | B028 |
Service in the Irish Sea until 1649
BWAS-1603Sent in at night to alarm Prince Ruperts ships anchored under the guns of Fort St. Julian, which fired on the Assurance
TRN2Took part in Robert Blake's interception of the Spanish 'Brazil Fleet'. Boarding the Spanish Vice-Admiral and saving most of her men from burning.
BWAS-1603Operations in the Sound (Øresund )
BWAS-1603Was sunk by a storm at Woolwich . Twenty men were drowned. She was salvaged
BWAS-1603Refloated
B022At Tangier
BWAS-1603At Algiers
BWAS-1603Pay record starting 15.3.1672 for a period of 16 months, 3 weeks & 5 days for a value of 4,029.0.0d. ADM 8/1/6
ADM8-DBAt Deptford
ADM8-DBSailed for The Mediterranean Sea
BWAS-1603In the English Channel
BWAS-1603Off Dunkerque
BWAS-1603Sailed for the Colony of Virginia
BWAS-1603Guardship at Sheerness
BWAS-1603Fleets | ||||
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Dates | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1647-1648 | Winter Guard of 1647 | Thomas Rainsborough | 9.1649-1650 | Winter Guard of 1649 | 14.2.1649/50-1652 | Fleet sent to Lisbon | Robert Blake (1598-1657) | 1659-1659 | British Baltic Fleet 1659 | Edward Montagu (d.1672) |
The total cost of building the Assurance was £3,830.2.0d broken down as
Hull | £2,618.0.0d |
Cordage | £292.0.0d |
Cables | £452.5.0d |
Anchors | £175.17.0d |
Blocks, Tops and Pumps | £79.0.0d |
Sails | 212.10.0d |