British Fourth Rate ship 'Black Raven' (1653)

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Black Raven

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Nominal Guns38B028
NationalityCommonwealth of England
OperatorState Navy
Previously
Dutch Fourth Rate ship 'Zwarte Raaf' (1653) (38) 1653-1653
Dutch 38 Gun
4th Rate Ship
Captured18.2.1652/53BWAS-1603
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateB028
Ship TypeShipB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sold1654B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Burthenc300Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1653150 BWAS-1603

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
18.2.1652/53 - 1654Captain
Samuel DickensonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1654
BWAS-1603

Service History


DateEventSource
1653In the Thames for the Winter 1653/54BWAS-1603
18.2.1652/53Taken at the Battle of PortlandBWAS-1603
1654Present at the surrender of Port Royal


Notes on Ship


Originally?
A Dutch vessel
Orders for the New World
Robert Sedgwick, commander of the militia at Massachusetts Bay Colony, went to England to seek help in the winter of 1652/1653. He returned with four war ships and orders from Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, to recruit a force of volunteers from the four New England colonies (Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven, and Connecticut) to attack the Dutch at New York. The first sentence of his orders, issued on 8 February 1653, reads, "You are to take under your care and direction for this present expedition, and according to the Instructions following, the ships Black Raven, Hope, Church, and Augustine . . .
Sent homeW015
Mark Harrison to the Navy Commissioners. Sends particulars of his voyage since leaving Portsmouth. Lost company of the Black Raven and Augustine in storms and extremity of weather, and were forced to Fayal. It was concluded by Major Robert Sedgwick and Capt. John Leveret to send the Black Raven home again as not fitting to go to the westward
Sent home 1st July 1653W015
Mark Harrison to the Navy Commissioners. Sends particulars of his voyage since leaving Portsmouth. Lost company of the Black Raven and Augustine in storms and extremity of weather, and were forced to Fayal. It was concluded by Major Robert Sedgwick and Capt. John Leveret to send the Black Raven home again as not fitting to go to the westward
 
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