British Fifth Rate frigate 'Virgin Prize' (1690)

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Virgin Prize	7347
Nominal Guns	32	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer ship 'La Vierge de Grace' (1690) (32)
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 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1690 - 1691CaptainJohn BountyBWAS-16031691 - 9.12.1693CaptainJohn Hailes (d.1693)†BWAS-160312.1693 - 13.1.1694/95CaptainCharles Desborough (d.1722/23)BWAS-160314.1.1694/95 - 6.1695CaptainRichard Cotton (d.1705) ADM 6/3/8ADM 6/325.3.1695 - 27.12.1695CaptainLeonard Crow ADM 6/3/42ADM 6/314.12.1695 - 27.12.1695CaptainJames Worthington (d.1697) ADM 6/3/101BWAS-160322.4.1696 - 9.6.1696CaptainWilliam Julius (d.1698) ADM 6/3/148BWAS-16032.1697 - 3.5.1697CommanderJohn Triggs (c.1661-?)BWAS-160325.2.1696/97 - 3.1696/97CommanderJonathan Spann (c.1661-1712)BWAS-160325.7.1697 - 9.1698CaptainJohn Balchen (1669/70-1744) ADM 6/4/134
Commission confirmed 29.12.1697BWAS-1603

2 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
23.1.1694/95 - 9.5.1699LieutenantAbraham Adams (c.1667-?) ADM 6/3/31ADM 6/37.12.1695 - 1696LieutenantWilliam Vincent (d.c.1704) ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/3

Service History

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

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/3 Archive

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