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Rainbow | 6060 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 64 | B065 | |
| Nationality | Kingdom of England | ||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||
| Previously | British Second Rate galleon 'Rainbow' (1586) (26) | ||
| Acquired | 1617 | B065 | |
| Shipyard | Deptford Dockyard | B028 | |
| Constructor | William Bright | B065 | |
| Category | Second Rate | B065 | |
| Ship Type | Great Ship | ||
| Sunk as Breakwater | 1680 | B065 | |
In the Downs
B117| Fleets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Fleet | Fleet Commander | Source | 1642 | 1642 | Summer Guard of 1642 | Sir John Pennington (d.1646) | 1645 | 1645 | Summer Guard of 1645 | 1651 | 1652 | Fleet sent to Barbados | Sir George Ayscue (d.1672) | 1659 | 1659 | British Baltic Fleet 1659 | Lord Edward Montagu (1st Earl of Sandwich) (d.1672) |
Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| B065 | The Ship of the Line Vol I | Brian Lavery | Book |
| B028 | Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I | J. J. Colledge | Book |
| BWAS-1603 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 | Rif Winfield | Book |
| W014 | Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOG | James C Bender | Web Site |
| B051 | Biographia Navalis - Volume I | John Charnock | Digital Book |
| TRN2 | The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol II | William Laid Clowes | Digital Book |
| W015 | English Parliamentary Journals | Various | Web Site |
| ref:1070 | Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1633-4 | Book | |
| ref:1027 | The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G., preserved at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire vol I | Book | |
| B117 | NRS Vol 013 - Papers relating to the First Dutch War 1652-54 Vol I | Unknown | Book |