British Fourth Rate ship 'Laurel' (1651)

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Laurel	421
Nominal Guns	46	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Commonwealth of England
Operator	State Navy
Ordered	5.2.1650/51	BWAS-1603
Launched	1651	B028
How acquired	Purpose built	B028
Shipyard	Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth	B028
Category	Fourth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Wrecked	30.5.1657	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Burthen489Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel103' 0"Imperial Feet31.3944
Breadth30' 1"Imperial Feet9.1694
Depth in Hold15' 0"Imperial Feet4.572
Burthen489Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1652180 BWAS-1603
1653200 BWAS-1603

7 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1651 - 12.1652Captain John Taylor (d.1653)BWAS-160312.1652 - 1653Captain John WadsworthBWAS-16031653 - 3.1652/53Captain Samuel HowettBWAS-16033.1652/53 - 8.1653Captain John StokesBWAS-16038.1653 - 1654Captain Richard NewberryBWAS-16031655Captain William CrispinBWAS-16031655 - 30.5.1657Captain Henry KirbyBWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
1651Completed at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £3178.10.0dBWAS-1603
26.3.1652Orders from the C.O.S. "To receive £60,000 from the Treasurers-at-war, and deliver it to Geo. Bilton, their deputy at Leith, or at such other port in Scotland as Major-General Deane, commander of the forces there, shall direct."SPD-1651-2
28.9.1652Battle of Kentish Knock
30.11.1652Battle of Dungeness
1653Re-registered as a Third RateBWAS-1603
1653Refitted as a Third Rate
18.2.1652/53Battle of Portland
2.6.1653Battle of the Gabbard
31.7.1653Battle of Scheveningen
30.5.1657Wrecked off Great YarmouthBWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

SPD-1651-2Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

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