British Fourth Rate frigate 'Phoenix' (1647)

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Phoenix

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Nominal Guns38B028
NationalityKingdom of England
OperatorState Navy
Launched1647B028
How acquiredPurpose builtB028
ShipyardWoolwich Dockyard - Woolwich B028
Constructor
Peter PettBritish
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1610-1672
BWAS-1603
CategoryFourth RateB028
Ship TypeFrigateB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Wrecked3.12.1664BWAS-1603

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Keel96' 0"Imperial Feet29.2608 
Breadth28' 6"Imperial Feet8.5535 
Depth in Hold14' 3"Imperial Feet4.2863 
Burthen414 72⁄94Tons BM 

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1652150 BWAS-1603
1653160 BWAS-1603
1660130 BWAS-1603
1664150 BWAS-1603

11 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1647 - 1648Captain
Owen CoxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1647-1653
BWAS-16031649Captain
Thomas HarrisonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1647-1652
BWAS-16031650Captain
William BrandleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1647-1653
BWAS-16031650 - 28.8.1652Captain
John WadsworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1650-1653
BWAS-160312.1652 - 8.8.1653Captain
Owen CoxBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1647-1653
†TRN28.1653 - 1654Captain
Nicholas FosterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1654
BWAS-16031656 - 1658Captain
Thomas WhetstoneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1659
BWAS-16031659Captain
Thomas BunnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1662
BWAS-16031660 - 1661Captain
Edward NixonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1665
B05130.4.1663 - 19.9.1664Captain
Richard UtberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1669
BWAS-160316.9.1664 - 3.12.1664Captain
John ChicheleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1662-1674
BWAS-1603

1 Flag Officer


DatesRankNameSource
1650 - 10.1651General at Sea
Robert BlakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Soldier
Service 1649-1657
BWAS-1603

2 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1663Lieutenant
Henry AdeyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1668
B0511663 - 1664Lieutenant
John UtberBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1663-1665
B051

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1647 - 4.1649Purser
Phineus PettBritish
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1647-1673
ref:6503.4.1649 - 1649Purser
John LawrenceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1649
SPD-1649

Service History


DateEventSource
9.1648In the DownsBWAS-1603
1649In the Irish SeaBWAS-1603
10.3.1649/50Blockade of the Tagus
19.10.1650Took the Ship
Le Jules (38) 1648-1650
French 38 Gun
4th Rate Ship

25.1.1650/51Took the Dutch ship Liefde, of Amsterdam captain Meyndert Cornelisoon, of Enkhusen, off Cape St. Mary as she was carrying French goods out of MarseillesNRS013
6.1651At the Isles of ScillyBWAS-1603
10.1651At the Channel IslandsBWAS-1603
28.8.1652Taken by the at the Battle of ElbaBWAS-1603
28.8.1652Battle of Elba
16.11.1652Retaken by boats at LeghornBWAS-1603
1653In the Sound for the Winter 1653/54BWAS-1603
4.3.1652/53Battle of Leghorn
31.7.1653Battle of Scheveningen
1658In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1664In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
1664Rerated as a 40 gunner
3.12.1664Wrecked in Gibraltar Bay by a stormBWAS-1603


Fleets

DatesFleetFleet CommanderSource
9.1649-1650Winter Guard of 1649  
14.2.1649/50-1652Fleet sent to Lisbon
Robert BlakeBritish
Naval Sailor
Soldier
Service 1649-1657
 
1659-1659British Baltic Fleet 1659
Edward MontaguBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1672
 
 
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