British Sixth Rate ketch 'Desire' (1616)
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Desire
3878
Nominal Guns
6
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Nationality
Kingdom of England
Operator
Royal Navy
Acquired
1616
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Shipyard
Unknown
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Category
Sixth Rate
B028
Ship Type
Ketch
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Last known
1628
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Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1603
Length of Keel
66' 0"
Imperial Feet
20.1168
Breadth
16' 0"
Imperial Feet
4.8768
Depth in Hold
6' 0"
Imperial Feet
1.8288
Burthen
84
Tons and Tonnage
Burthen
63
Baker's Rule Tons
Armament
1616
Broadside Weight = 2 Imperial Pound ( 0.907 kg)
BWAS-1603
Gun Deck
2 British Falcon
Gun Deck
4 British Portpiece
1623
Broadside Weight = 9 Imperial Pound ( 4.0815 kg)
ref:1027
Gun Deck
2 British Minions
Gun Deck
6 British Falcon
1 Ship Commander
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1623
-
1.1624
Captain
John Chudleigh
British
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Administrator
Service 1623-1629
ref:1027
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
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
ref:1027
The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G., preserved at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire vol I
Book
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