British Fifth Rate fireship 'Saint Paul' (1679)

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Saint Paul	6384
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1603
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Captured	1679	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	26.4.1688	BWAS-1603
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1603
Ship Type	Fireship	BWAS-1603
Sold	3.5.1698	BWAS-1603

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel74' 0"Imperial Feet22.5552
Breadth25' 9"Imperial Feet7.6657
Depth in Hold11' 1 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655
Burthen260Tons BM

11 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
26.4.1688 - 1689Captain Henry BotelerBWAS-160325.4.1689 - 15.11.1689Captain John CroftsBWAS-160316.11.1689 - 13.12.1689Captain John Jennings (1664-1743) TransferedBWAS-160314.12.1689 - 1691Captain John BomsteadBWAS-16033.7.1691 - 31.3.1692Captain Josias CrowBWAS-160331.3.1692 - 5.1692Captain Phineus Bowles (d.1698)BWAS-16035.1692Captain Richard Pugh (d.1692)BWAS-16031.6.1692 - 2.1.1694/95Captain Samuel Vincent (d.1719)BWAS-16033.1.1694/95 - 12.11.1696Captain John Mitchell ADM 6/3/2BWAS-160313.1.1696/97 - 27.6.1697Captain John Mitchell ADM 6/4/61ADM 6/428.6.1697 - 7.10.1697CommanderSir Robert DunbarBWAS-1603

15 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
21.5.1688 - 1688Boatswain Richard FrostADM/A1689 - 14.3.1688/89Gunner Edward Hodges TransferedADM/A24.12.1689 - 1689Cook William SadlerADM/A1692 - 27.10.1692Carpenter John Roxby TransferedADM/A15.11.1692 - 8.1.1694/95Gunner Thomas Winter TransferedADM/A30.11.1692 - 1.11.1694Carpenter Richard Bayley TransferedADM/A15.9.1693 - 1693Cook Michael BowenADM/A11.1.1694/95 - 1695Cook John Beawett ADM 6/3/29ADM/A4.2.1694/95 - 20.5.1695Gunner Thomas Rounsevall TransferedADM/A3.6.1695 - 7.10.1697Gunner Charles HillADM/A1696 - 14.11.1696Boatswain Anthony MerritonADM/A14.11.1696 - 24.2.1696/97Boatswain John Sinclair DismissedADM/A4.12.1696 - 7.10.1697Cook John ShallowbyADM/A25.2.1696/97 - 7.10.1697Boatswain Francis BakerADM/A7.5.1697 - 7.10.1697Carpenter Thomas HarwoodADM/A

Service History

DateEventSource
4.1688Converted to a fireship having not been previously usedBWAS-1603
1689Sailed to the West Indies at the end of the yearBWAS-1603

Notes on Ship

OriginBWAS-1603
Taken from the Algerines, had been a Dutchman prior to capture by Algiers

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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