British Fifth Rate ship 'Lizard' (1653)
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Lizard
5146
Nominal Guns
16
Nationality
Commonwealth of England
Operator
State Navy
Captured
1653
Shipyard
Unknown
Category
Fifth Rate
Ship Type
Ship
Sailing Rig
Ship Rigged
Expended as Fireship
8.8.1666
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1603
Length of Keel
60' 0"
Imperial Feet
18.288
Breadth
22' 9"
Imperial Feet
6.8199
Depth in Hold
9' 0"
Imperial Feet
2.7432
Draught Aft
9' 6"
Imperial Feet
2.8956
Burthen
165
17
⁄
94
Tons BM
6 Commanding Officers
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1656
-
1657
Captain
Daniel Baker
BWAS-1603
1659
-
1660
Captain
Richard Ducie
BWAS-1603
4.4.1663
-
16.2.1663/64
Captain
William Blake
B051
27.2.1663/64
-
28.10.1664
Captain
Henry Hide (d.1665)
B051
2.2.1664/65
-
23.4.1666
Captain
John Andrews (d.1665)
B051
18.6.1666
-
9.8.1666
Captain
Joseph Harris
B051
Service History
Date
Event
Source
3.6.1665
Battle of Lowestoft
2.12.1665
Entered Weymouth with a prize of 7-guns, laden with wine and prunes
BG
1666
Converted to a Fireship
BWAS-1603
1666
Refitted as a 6 gun
Fireship
25.7.1666
St James Day Battle
9.8.1666
Holmes' Bonfire
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714
Rif Winfield
,
Book
B051
Biographia Navalis - Volume I
John Charnock
,
Digital Book
BG
The London Gazette
Official
,
Web Site
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