British Third Rate ship of the line 'Lion' (1658)

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Lion

5052
Lyon
Nominal Guns52B028
NationalityCommonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
OperatorState Navy
Previously
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Lion' (1640) (42) 1640-1658
British 42 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Acquired1658B028
ShipyardChatham Dockyard - Chatham B028
Constructor
John TaylorBritish
Designer
Ship Owner
Ship Builder
Dockyard Staff
Service 1627-1660
B028
CategoryThird RateB028
Ship TypeShip of the LineB028
Sailing RigShip RiggedB028
Sold16.12.1698B028

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentB065
Length of Keel112' 0"Imperial Feet34.1376 
Breadth35' 4"Imperial Feet10.6883 
Depth in Hold15' 6"Imperial Feet4.6025 
Burthen717Tons BM 
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck130' 0"Imperial Feet39.624 
Length of Keel108' 0"Imperial Feet32.9184 
Breadth35' 4"Imperial Feet10.6883 
Depth in Hold15' 6"Imperial Feet4.6025 
Draught Aft17' 6"Imperial Feet5.2034 
Burthen717 18⁄94Tons BM 

Armament


1666Broadside Weight = 496 Imperial Pound ( 224.936 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck19 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck4 British Culverin
Gun Deck34 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck2 British 3-Pounder

1677Broadside Weight = 426.5 Imperial Pound ( 193.418 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 British Saker
Roundhouse2 British 3-Pounder

1685Broadside Weight = 425.25 Imperial Pound ( 192.851 kg)BWAS-1603
Lower Gun Deck24 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British Demi-Culverin
Quarterdeck/Forecastle10 British Saker Drake
Roundhouse2 British 3-Pounder

1694Broadside Weight = 438.5 Imperial Pound ( 198.86 kg)B065
Lower Gun Deck22 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck24 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British Saker
Forecastle2 British 3-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1660210 BWAS-1603
1666260 BWAS-1603

21 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
1659Captain
John LambertBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1643-1659
BWAS-160325.5.1661 - 8.8.1662Captain
Thomas BunnBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1653-1662
†B0519.8.1662 - 17.12.1662Captain
Thomas AllinBritish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1648-1678
BWAS-16032.11.1664 - 25.8.1665Captain
Edward SpraggBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1661-1672
B05127.8.1665 - 15.11.1665Captain
Daniel HellingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1664-1672
BWAS-160316.11.1665 - 9.6.1666Captain
John HubbardBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1669
B05110.6.1666 - 30.11.1666Captain
Sir William JennensBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1648-1690
BWAS-160317.2.1666/67 - 26.5.1668Rear-Admiral
Sir John HarmanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1646-1673
BWAS-16037.11.1672 - 1.2.1672/73Captain
Richard HaddockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1656-1690
BWAS-16033.2.1672/73 - 12.3.1672/73Captain
Richard RoothBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1655-1679
BWAS-160313.3.1672/73 - 28.5.1673Captain
Thomas FoulisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1673
BWAS-160331.5.1673 - 12.11.1673Captain
John AshbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1689
BWAS-160312.4.1678 - 7.7.1679Captain
Henry WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1667-1688
BWAS-160327.11.1688 - 10.10.1689Captain
Charles SkeltonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1672-1689
BWAS-160315.2.1689/90 - 1691Captain
John TorpleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1666-1692
B0511691 - 1693Captain
Robert WisemanBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1702
BWAS-16031693 - 1694Captain
Thomas GardnerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1699
BWAS-16031694 - 2.6.1695Captain
Jedediah BarkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1691-1703
BWAS-16033.6.1695 - 1.9.1695Captain
Andrew DouglasBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1716
Transfered ADM 6/3/59ADM 6/312.12.1696 - 26.1.1696/97Captain
Thomas ButlerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1711
Transfered ADM 6/4/52ADM 6/430.1.1696/97 - 11.10.1698Captain
Francis DoveBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1725
ADM 6/4/69BWAS-1603

13 Commissioned Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1665Lieutenant
Dominick NugentBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1688
W0141666Lieutenant
Philip EvattBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1665-1666
B05112.4.1678 - 1678Lieutenant
Sir Robert RobinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1678-1702
ADM 106/338/95ADM 1061692Lieutenant
George CammockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1715
ADM 106/424/152ADM 1063.12.1695 - 6.12.1695First Lieutenant
Thomas DennettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1714
ADM 6/3/97ADM 6/37.12.1695 - 18.9.1696First Lieutenant
Jonathon DennBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1690-1703
ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/37.12.1695 - 16.1.1695/96Third Lieutenant
John SorrellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1703
Transfered ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/38.12.1695 - 18.9.1696Second Lieutenant
Daniel CondeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1692-1713
Transfered ADM 6/3/99ADM 6/316.11.1696 - 15.1.1696/97First Lieutenant
Seth JermyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1710
ADM 6/4/45ADM 6/416.11.1696 - 20.1.1696/97Second Lieutenant
William CrouchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/4/45ADM 6/416.11.1696 - 11.10.1698Third Lieutenant
Lambert BowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1698
ADM 6/4/45ADM 6/421.1.1696/97 - 11.10.1698First Lieutenant
William CrouchBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1698
ADM 6/4/63ADM 6/416.4.1697 - 11.10.1698Second Lieutenant
James MoneypennyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1717
Transfered ADM 6/4/125
Issued by
John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
, Newfoundland - Canada
Confirmed 19.11.1697ADM 6/4

15 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1673 - bef.21.7.1674Gunner
Thomas BrothersBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1673-1679
Transfered ADM 106/283/289ADM 1061679 - 7.7.1679Purser
Tubal CayneBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1679-1680
CTB-061694 - 1695Pilot
Stephen MoringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1695
ADM 1/5255/63ADM 1/52551695 - 26.3.1695Carpenter
William BettsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1696
Transfered ADM 6/3/42ADM 69.1.1694/95 - 22.11.1696Chaplain
James WhitworthBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/3/27ADM 6/38.4.1695 - 11.10.1698Purser
William SelbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/3/44ADM 6/312.4.1695 - bef.17.3.1697Carpenter
John SpovierBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1697
Discharged Sick ADM 6/3/48ADM 6/312.4.1695 - 28.4.1698Carpenter
John SpiresBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1699
Transfered ADM 6/3/48ADM 6/317.6.1695 - 1695Gunner
Stephen FisherBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695
ADM 6/3/62ADM 6/323.11.1696 - 27.12.1696Chaplain
William MeridenBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1695-1699
ADM 6/4/48ADM 6/428.12.1696 - 6.3.1695/96Chaplain
James PetreBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1696-1699
Transfered ADM 6/4/57ADM 6/41697 - 16.2.1696/97Gunner
Edward StephensonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1698
Transfered ADM 6/4/74ADM 6/417.3.1696/97 - 16.12.1698Carpenter
John BrownBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1699
Discharged ADM 6/4/83ADM 6/429.9.1697 - 16.12.1698Boatswain
Allen KnightBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1699
ADM 6/5/5
Issued by
John NorrisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1740
, Newfoundland - Canada
Confirmed 18.2.1697/98ADM 6/58.11.1697 - 16.12.1698Gunner
James IrelandBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1697-1698
ADM 6/4/122ADM 6/4

7 Petty Officers


DatesRatingNameSource
3.11.1690 - 8.11.1691Midshipman
Thomas PeacockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1674-1696
ADM 107/1/51ADM 107/11694Volunteer
John StapelyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1695
ADM 6/3/29ADM 6/325.11.1696 - 1696Volunteer
James BarnettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696
ADM 6/4/49ADM 6/422.12.1696 - 14.2.1696/97Volunteer
Robert FloydBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1700
Transfered ADM 6/4/56ADM 6/41.1.1696/97 - 4.2.1696/97Volunteer
Richard HarnageBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1711
Transfered ADM 6/4/58ADM 6/41.1.1696/97 - 11.3.1696/97Volunteer
Charles AppreeceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1697
Transfered ADM 6/4/58ADM 6/41.1.1696/97 - 29.2.1696/97Volunteer-per-order
Brounker ApreeceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1694-1706
Transfered ADM 6/4/58ADM 107/1

2 Crewmen


DatesRatingNameSource
31.7.1690 - 24.10.1690Able Seaman
William CarterBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1689-1694
ADM 107/1/54ADM 107/113.8.1698 - 1.12.1698Able Seaman
Timothy BrettBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1693-1699
ADM 107/2/31ADM 107/2

Service History


DateEventSource
1658Completed at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £6552.0.0dBWAS-1603
1662Sailed to Tangier and LisbonBWAS-1603
3.6.1665Battle of Lowestoft
1666Refitted as a 58 gun Third Rate
1.6.1666Four Days Battle
25.7.1666St James Day Battle
3.1666/67Sailed for the West Indies as flagship of a squadronBWAS-1603
6.6.1667

Arrived at Barbados

TRN2
23.6.1667

Found a French squadron at Martinique

TRN2
25.6.1667Battle of Martinique
1673In the MediterraneanBWAS-1603
28.5.1673First Battle of Schooneveld
4.6.1673Second Battle of Schooneveld
11.8.1673Battle of Texel
1677Refitted as a 60 gun Third Rate
1678In the ChannelBWAS-1603
7.7.1679Paid offADM 33
10.10.1689Paid offADM 33
30.6.1690Battle of Beachy Head
20.2.1690/91Refitted as a Fourth RateADM/A
19.5.1692Battle of Barfleur
17.6.1693Battle of Lagos
3.10.1696Paid offADM 33
1697Sailed to NewfoundlandBWAS-1603
11.10.1698Paid offADM 33

 
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