British Fifth Rate frigate 'Virgin Prize' (1690)

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Virgin Prize
Nominal Guns	32	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer ship 'La Vierge de Grace' (1690) (32) 1690-1690 French 32 Gun Privateer Ship
Captured	22.4.1690	BWAS-1603
First Commissioned	1690	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1603
Category	Fifth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Frigate	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	20.9.1698	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck95' 0"Imperial Feet28.956
Length of Keel79' 0"Imperial Feet24.0792
Breadth27' 9"Imperial Feet8.2623
Depth in Hold11' 0"Imperial Feet3.3528
Burthen323 ⁵⁵⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1690120 BWAS-1603

10 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1690 - 1691CaptainBWAS-16031691 - 9.12.1693Captain†BWAS-160312.1693 - 13.1.1694/95CaptainBWAS-160314.1.1694/95 - 6.1695Captain ADM 6/3/8ADM 6/325.3.1695 - 27.12.1695Captain ADM 6/3/42ADM 6/314.12.1695 - 27.12.1695Captain Transfered ADM 6/3/101BWAS-160322.4.1696 - 9.6.1696Captain Transfered ADM 6/3/148BWAS-16032.1697 - 24.2.1696/97CommanderBWAS-160325.2.1696/97 - 24.7.1697CommanderBWAS-160325.7.1697 - 24.9.1698Captain ADM 6/4/134
Confirmed 29.12.1697BWAS-1603

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
23.1.1694/95 - 6.12.1695Lieutenant ADM 6/3/31ADM 6/37.12.1695 - 24.9.1698Lieutenant ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/3

12 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1695 - 17.2.1694/95Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/3/36ADM 6/31695 - 25.3.1695Purser ADM 6/3/69ADM 6/31695 - 20.9.1698Gunner ADM 6/3/62ADM 6/318.2.1694/95 - 16.11.1697Boatswain ADM 6/3/36ADM 6/326.3.1695 - 21.10.1695Purser Transfered ADM 6/3/43ADM 622.10.1695 - bef.26.3.1696Purser† Discharged Dead ADM 6/3/87ADM 6/314.1.1695/96 - 20.9.1698Chaplain ADM 6/3/116ADM 6/326.3.1696 - 20.9.1698Purser ADM 6/3/141ADM 6/318.4.1697 - 20.9.1698Cook ADM 6/4/138
Issued by ADM 6/424.8.1697 - 20.9.1698Carpenter ADM 6/4/132
Issued by , West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean
Confirmed 18.12.1697ADM 6/417.11.1697 - 27.5.1698Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/4/138
Issued by , West Indies - North Atlantic Ocean ADM 6/42.6.1698 - 20.9.1698Boatswain ADM 6/5/21ADM 6/5

Service History

DateEventSource
1691In the ChannelBWAS-1603
1696Sailed with a Barbados convoyBWAS-1603
20.9.1698Sold for £201BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6Authority, Archive

ADM 6/3 Archive

ADM 6/4 Archive

ADM 6/5 Archive

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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