British Sixth Rate ship 'Mary Prize' (1654)

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Mary Prize
Little Mary
Nominal Guns	14	B028
Nationality	Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Operator	State Navy
Captured	1654	B028
Shipyard	Unknown	B028
Category	Sixth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Captured	13.10.1666	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck60' 0"Imperial Feet18.288
Breadth18' 6"Imperial Feet5.5055
Depth in Hold9' 0"Imperial Feet2.7432
Burthen109 ²¹⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
165960 BWAS-1603

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1659 - 15.10.1661CaptainBWAS-160316.10.1661 - 7.5.1663CaptainBWAS-160327.2.1664/65 - 20.1.1665/66Captain†BWAS-160316.8.1666 - 13.10.1666CaptainBWAS-1603

Service History

DateEventSource
1654Taken by George Ayscough in the West IndiesSPD-1654
1659In the North SeaBWAS-1603
3.6.1665Battle of Lowestoft
25.7.1666St James Day Battle
8.1666Commissioned for fishery protection duty off East AngliaBWAS-1603
13.10.1666Taken by three Dutch warships off Great YarmouthBWAS-1603
24.2.1759Order for the speedy refitting and cleaning of the Mary prize, of 60 men and 12 gunsSPD-1658-9

Notes on Ship

OriginBWAS-1603
Spanish Maria

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

SPD-1654Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

SPD-1658-9Mary Anne Everett Green, Book

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