British Fourth Rate ship 'Maidstone' (1653)

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Maidstone -> 1660 Mary Rose

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Nominal Guns40B028
NationalityCommonwealth of England
OperatorState Navy
Launched11.1653B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardWoodbridge - Suffolk B028
Constructor
John MundayBritish
Ship Builder
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CategoryFourth RateB028
Ship TypeShip B028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Captured12.7.1691B028
Becomes
French Third Rate ship of the line 'Vaillant' (1691) (50) 1691-1698
French 50 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Keel100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48 
Breadth31' 8"Imperial Feet9.652 
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624 
Burthen556Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Burthen555Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB022
Length of Keel102' 0"Imperial Feet31.0896 
Breadth32' 0"Imperial Feet9.7536 
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624 
Burthen555 54⁄94Imperial Feet0.0146 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48 
Breadth31' 6"Imperial Feet9.6012 
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624 
Draught Aft16' 0"Imperial Feet4.8768 
Burthen527 74⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1666Broadside Weight = 310 Imperial Pound ( 140.5852 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck20 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck8 British Saker

1677Broadside Weight = 274.5 Imperial Pound ( 124.4859 kg)B022
Lower Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck20 British 6-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British Saker

1685Broadside Weight = 305 Imperial Pound ( 138.3175 kg)B022
Lower Gun Deck22 British Culverin
Upper Gun Deck20 British 8-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British Demi-Culverin

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1660140Official ComplementB022
1666190Official ComplementB022
1670170Official ComplementB022

17 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1654 - 6.1657Captain
Thomas AdamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1652-1657
BWAS-16036.1657 - 1657Captain
Thomas PenroseBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1652-1667
BWAS-16031660Captain
Thomas PomeroyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660
BWAS-16031.1.1661/62 - 24.7.1663Captain
Joseph CubittBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1663
†BWAS-16031664Captain
Robert SansomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1665
B0516.1665 - 21.7.1665Captain
William ReevesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1664-1665
BWAS-160321.7.1665 - 13.1.1668/69Captain
Thomas DarcyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1662-1673
B05122.2.1668/69 - 13.6.1670Captain
John KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1657-1679
BWAS-16031.3.1670/71 - 12.6.1672Captain
William DaviesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1664-1689
B0511675 - 10.1675Captain
William CopowBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1675
BWAS-160310.1675 - 31.12.1675Captain
Thomas HamiltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1695
BWAS-16037.1.1677/78 - 15.4.1678Captain
Charles WyldeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1659-1678
TransferedB05112.4.1678 - 7.6.1680Captain
Charles TalbotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1687
B05118.8.1681 - 9.8.1684Captain
John AshbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1688
TransferedBWAS-160319.6.1685 - bef.25.7.1687Captain
John TempleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1660-1688
Discharged DeadBWAS-160326.7.1687 - 27.9.1688Captain
Ralph WrennBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1688
BWAS-1603bef.22.3.1690/91 - 12.7.1691Captain
John BountyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1692
BWAS-1603

3 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1662Lieutenant
Charles JuxonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1662-1672
B0511666Lieutenant
John TurnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1672
B0511671Lieutenant
Morgan KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1668-1681
ref:649

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
21.3.1688/89 - 3.1690/91Gunner
Thomas PindarBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1696
ADM/A19.3.1690/91 - 1691Gunner
William PlumeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691
ADM/A

1 Petty Officer


DatesRatingNameSource
9.2.1686/87 - 14.1.1687/88Midshipman
John ScottBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1663-1704
ADM 107/1/35ADM 107/1

3 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
1668Unknown
Morgan KempthorneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1668-1681
ref:6493.10.1686 - 16.8.1689Able Seaman
John StephensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1681-1718
Transfered ADM 107/1/86ADM 107/124.3.1690/91 - 12.7.1691Able Seaman
Robert JacksonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1682-1715
ADM 107/1/45ADM 107/1

Service History


DateEventSource
11.1653Completed at Unknown at a cost of £3432.0.0dBWAS-1603
20.4.1657Battle of Santa Cruz
5.1660Renamed Mary Rose
6.1660At GravesendBWAS-1603
3.6.1665Battle of Lowestoft
1666Refitted as a 50 gunner
1.6.1666Four Days Battle
25.7.1666St James Day Battle
28.5.1672Battle of Solebay
28.5.1673First Battle of Schooneveld
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
11.8.1673Battle of Texel
1677Refitted as a 48 gunner
1678In the Channel then to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
1681In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1686To BarbadoesBWAS-1603
12.7.1691Captured by the French in the AtlanticB068


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DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1659-1659British Baltic Fleet 1659
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Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1672
 
 
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Posted by Robert Boon on Friday 28th of October 2016 19:44

Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 12 1685-1688

Lieutenant Governor Stede to Lords of Trade and Plantations. The Treaty of Neutrality and the royal orders thereupon are lately come to my hand. I have ordered Captain George Beach, of H.M.S. Mary Rose (Captain John Temple being dead) to publish it in St. Lucia; St. Vincent, and Dominica.

Letter dated 19 March 1687

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