British Fourth Rate frigate 'Phoenix' (1647)

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Phoenix	405
Nominal Guns	38	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	State Navy
Launched	1647	B028
How acquired	Purpose built	B028
Shipyard	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	B028
Constructor	Peter Pett (1610-1672)	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	3.12.1664	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel96' 0"Imperial Feet29.2608
Breadth28' 6"Imperial Feet8.5535
Depth in Hold14' 3"Imperial Feet4.2863
Burthen414 ⁷²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1652150 BWAS-1603
1653160 BWAS-1603
1660130 BWAS-1603
1664150 BWAS-1603

11 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1647 - 1648CaptainOwen Cox (d.1653)BWAS-16031649CaptainThomas HarrisonBWAS-16031650CaptainWilliam BrandleyBWAS-16031650 - 28.8.1652CaptainJohn WadsworthBWAS-160312.1652 - 8.8.1653CaptainOwen Cox (d.1653)†TRN28.1653 - 1654CaptainNicholas FosterBWAS-16031656 - 1658CaptainThomas WhetstoneBWAS-16031659CaptainThomas Bunn (d.1662)BWAS-16031660 - 1661CaptainEdward Nixon (d.1665)B05130.4.1663 - 19.9.1664CaptainRichard Utber (d.1669)BWAS-160316.9.1664 - 3.12.1664CaptainJohn Chicheley (1641-1690/91)BWAS-1603

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1650 - 10.1651General at SeaRobert Blake (1598-1657)BWAS-1603

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1663LieutenantHenry AdeyB0511663 - 1664LieutenantJohn Utber (d.1665)B051

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
1647 - 4.1649PurserPhineus Pett (1628-1678)ref:6503.4.1649 - 1649PurserJohn LawrenceSPD-1649

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1648In the DownsBWAS-1603
1649In the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
10.3.1649/50Blockade of the Tagus
19.10.1650Took the Fourth Rate Ship Le Jules (38)
25.1.1650/51Took the Dutch ship Liefde, of Amsterdam captain Meyndert Cornelisoon, of Enkhusen, off Cape St. Mary as she was carrying French goods out of MarseillesB117
6.1651At the Isles of ScillyBWAS-1603
10.1651At the Channel IslandsBWAS-1603
28.8.1652Taken by the at the Battle of ElbaBWAS-1603
28.8.1652Battle of Elba
16.11.1652Retaken by boats at LeghornBWAS-1603
1653In the Sound for the Winter 1653/54BWAS-1603
4.3.1652/53Battle of Leghorn
31.7.1653Battle of Scheveningen
1658In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1664In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1664Refitted as a 40 gunner
3.12.1664Wrecked in Gibraltar Bay by a stormBWAS-1603

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1649/09	1650	Winter Guard of 1649
1650/02/14	1652	Fleet sent to Lisbon	Robert Blake (1598-1657)
1659	1659	British Baltic Fleet 1659	Edward Montagu (d.1672)

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

B028J. J. ColledgeBook

BWAS-1603Rif WinfieldBook

TRN2William Laid ClowesDigital Book

B051John CharnockDigital Book

ref:650A. W. JohnsDigital Book

SPD-1649Mary Anne Everett Green (editor)Book

B117UnknownBook

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