British Fifth Rate ship 'Greyhound' (1636)

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Greyhound

2797
Nominal Guns12B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered16.1.1634/35BWAS-1603
Launched28.3.1636BWAS-1603
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1603
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B028
Constructor
Phineus PettBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1570-1647
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CategoryFifth RateB028
Ship TypeShipB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sunk in Action14.6.1656B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB028
Length of Keel60' 0"Imperial Feet18.288 
Breadth20' 3"Imperial Feet6.1722 
Depth in Hold7' 8"Imperial Feet2.3368 
Burthen126Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel60' 0"Imperial Feet18.288 
Breadth20' 3"Imperial Feet6.1722 
Depth in Hold7' 8"Imperial Feet2.3368 
Burthen126Baker's Rule Tons 
Burthen130 82⁄94Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
163660 BWAS-1603
164350 
164458 
164650 
1.165280 NRS013

10 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1636Captain
Robert TaylorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1636-1665
BWAS-16031637Captain
Thomas RabnetBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1637-1643
BWAS-16031638 - 1643Captain
Abraham WheelerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1638-1652
BWAS-16031645 - 1649Captain
John CoppinBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1644-1666
W0151650 - 4.1650Captain
George DakinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1660
BWAS-16034.1650 - 1653Captain
Henry SouthwoodBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1650-1666
BWAS-16031653Captain
Thomas BunnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1662
BWAS-16031654 - 1655Captain
Robert RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1748
BWAS-16031655 - 1656Captain
Edmund ThompsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651-1656
BWAS-16031656 - 14.6.1656Captain
John WagerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649-1656
†BWAS-1603

3 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
5.4.1649 - 1649Boatswain
John LondonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649
SPD-16491651 - 11.1651Cook
Thomas WalesbyBritish
Naval Sailor
SPD-1651-213.11.1651 - 1651Boatswain
Roger TarringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1651
SPD-1651-2

Service History


DateEventSource
1642Part of the Summer and Winter Guards in the ChannelBWAS-1603
27.8.1642The House of Lords ordered that the Greyhound be supplied with two cables of nine inches
1644Summer Guard
1647In the DownsBWAS-1603
1649Summer Guard
4.10.1651In the Thames. Ordered "to be surveyed, repaired if defective, and fitted for sea"SPD-1651
19.5.1652Battle of Dover
9.9.1652Left Yarmouth as part of Andrew Ball's squadron bound for the Sound
20.9.1652The squadron arrived off the Sound, but were refused passage by the Danish
27.9.1652The squadron left the Sound bound for England
28.9.1652Battle of Kentish Knock
14.10.1652The squadron arrived in Bridlington Bay
1653Off the coast of ScotlandBWAS-1603
14.6.1656Blown up in action with four Spanish privateers off the Farne Islands, there were two survivorsBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
1642-1642Summer Guard of 1642
Sir John PenningtonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1620-1643
 
1645-1645Summer Guard of 1645  
1646-1646Winter Guard of 1646  
1647-1648Winter Guard of 1647
Thomas RainsboroughBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1643-1648
 
9.1649-1650Winter Guard of 1649  
1650-1650Summer Guard of 1650  
9.9.1652-14.10.1652British Baltic Fleet 1652
Andrew BallBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1653
 

Notes on Ship


OriginBWAS-1603
Built from the waste materials left over from the Sovereign of the Seas, then still building
 
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