British Fourth Rate ship 'Mary Rose' (1623)

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Mary Rose	5312
Nominal Guns	26	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	3.2.1622/23	BWAS-1603
Acquired	1623	B028
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
Constructor	William Burrell (c.1570-1630)	BWAS-1603
Category	Fourth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Wrecked	3.1649/50	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel83' 0"Imperial Feet25.2984
Breadth26' 9"Imperial Feet7.9629
Depth in Hold13' 0"Imperial Feet3.9624
Burthen288 ⁶⁰⁄₁₀0Baker's Rule Tons
Burthen384 ⁸⁰⁄₁₀0Tons and Tonnage

Armament

1624Broadside Weight = 71.5 Imperial Pound ( 32.4255 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck8 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck10 British Saker
Gun Deck4 British Minions
Gun Deck2 British Falcon
Gun Deck2 British Fowler

1631Broadside Weight = 71.5 Imperial Pound ( 32.4255 kg)TRINITY
Gun Deck8 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck10 British Saker
Gun Deck4 British Minions
Gun Deck2 British Falcon
Gun Deck2 British Fowler

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
161312088 Sailors, 12 Gunners and 20 SoldiersBWAS-1603
1645100 SPD-1644-5

16 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
8.1624 - 1624CaptainThomas WilbrahamBWAS-16031627 - 1630CaptainSir Francis SydenhamBWAS-16031635CaptainGeorge CarteretBWAS-16031635 - 1636CaptainKenelm Digby (1603-1665)BWAS-16031636CaptainJeremy BrettBWAS-16031637CaptainLewis KirkeBWAS-16031637 - 1638CaptainThomas TrenchfieldBWAS-16031639 - 1640CaptainThomas PriceBWAS-16031640 - 1641CaptainRichard SwanleyBWAS-16031642CaptainRobert FoxBWAS-16031642 - 1643CaptainHenry BethellBWAS-16031643CaptainRichard BlytheBWAS-16031644CaptainWilliam SomasterBWAS-16031645 - 1647CaptainPhineas Pett (d.1665)BWAS-160310.1647 - 1648CaptainThomas HarrisonW0151649 - 3.1649/50CaptainFrancis PenroseBWAS-1603

10 Warrant Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
8.1624 - 1624MasterPeter CannonSPD-1623-51626 - 7.1626GunnerGeorge CadmanSPD-1625-61633 - 14.4.1633CarpenterJohn Watermanref:107015.4.1633 - 1633CarpenterThomas Dayref:10701634 - 11.1634GunnerRichard MitchellSPD-1635-64.11.1634 - 1634GunnerRalph ChessleSPD-1635-630.3.1635 - 1635MasterEdward EverettSPD-1635-61636BoatswainNicholas SpearmanSPD-1636-710.4.1649 - 1649PurserJohn KingSPD-164931.12.1649 - 1649PurserMorgan VaughanSPD-1649

Service History

DateEventSource
22.12.1624Detained in the Downs for want of victualsSPD-1623-5
1625Attack on Cadiz
3.9.1625Capt. Thos. Wilbraham is ordered "to take the Mary Rose and the Great Neptune, Capt. Giles, and ply up and down before Dunkirk, and if any of the Dunkirkers pass out by stealth, he is to follow and attack them"SPD-1625-6
4.1.1644/45Ordered to be fitted and prepared to serve in the next summer's fleetSPD-1644-5
3.1649/50Wrecked off Flanders coast in a stormBWAS-1603

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1637	1637	Ships Lent to the Prince Elector
1642	1642	Summer Guard of 1642	Sir John Pennington (d.1646)
1645	1645	Summer Guard of 1645
1646	1646	Winter Guard of 1646
1647	1648	Winter Guard of 1647	Thomas Rainsborough
1649/09	1650	Winter Guard of 1649
1650	1650	Summer Guard of 1650

Sources

IDDescriptionAuthorType

B028J. J. ColledgeBook

BWAS-1603Rif WinfieldBook

TRINITYG. G. Harris (editor)Book

SPD-1644-5William Douglas Hamilton (editor)Book

W015VariousWeb Site

SPD-1623-5Mary Anne Everett Green (editor)Book

SPD-1625-6John Bruce (editor)Book

ref:1070 Book

SPD-1635-6John Bruce (editor)Book

SPD-1636-7John Bruce (editor)Book

SPD-1649Mary Anne Everett Green (editor)Book

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