British Third Rate ship 'Swallow' (1634)

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Swallow
Nominal Guns	36	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	1.3.1633/34	BWAS-1603
Acquired	12.1634	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	1635	B028
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	BWAS-1603
Constructor	Peter PettBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1610-1672	BWAS-1603
Category	Third Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Mutinied	6.1648	BWAS-1603
Becomes	French Third Rate ship 'L'Isabelle' (1658) (30) 1658-1661 French 30 Gun 3rd Rate Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB032
Length of Gundeck103' 0"Imperial Feet31.3944
Burthen360Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel96' 0"Imperial Feet29.2608
Breadth32' 2"Imperial Feet9.779
Depth in Hold11' 7 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655
Draught Aft12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen478Tons and Tonnage
Burthen358Baker's Rule Tons
Burthen528 ³³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1633250 B032
1642150 W015

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1635CaptainBWAS-16031636CaptainBWAS-16031642CaptainW0151643CaptainW0151645 - 1647CaptainBWAS-16035.1648 - 6.1648CaptainBWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
1635In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1642In the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
1643In the ChannelBWAS-1603
8.1643Took the Ship at Milford, she was carrying reinforcements to the King
1647With the Western GuardBWAS-1603
6.1648Defected to the Royalists after the Kent RevoltW030

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1642-1642	Summer Guard of the Irish Sea 1642	Thomas KettlebyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1627-1642
1645-1645	Summer Guard of 1645
1645-1645	Winter Guard of 1645
1646-1646	Winter Guard of 1646

Notes on Ship

Ships defecting to the Royalists in June 1648

Constant Reformation

Roebuck

Hind

Pelican

Satisfaction

Antelope

Crescent

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

B032Edward Hunter Holmes Archibald, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

W015Various, Web Site

W030Unknown, Web Site

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