British Sixth Rate ship 'Saint Albans Prize' (1691)

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Saint Albans Prize
Nominal Guns	18	B028
Nationality	Kingdom of England
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer ship 'Le Juste Royale' (1691) (18) 1691-1691 French 18 Gun Privateer Ship
Captured	29.8.1691	B028
First Commissioned	9.10.1691	B028
Shipyard	Unknown
Category	Sixth Rate	B028
Ship Type	Ship	B028
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	B028
Sold	24.5.1698	B028

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck85' 0"Imperial Feet25.908
Length of Keel74' 0"Imperial Feet22.5552
Breadth25' 10"Imperial Feet7.62
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen262 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

1691Broadside Weight = 44.5 Imperial Pound ( 20.1811 kg)BWAS-1603
Gun Deck14 British Saker
Gun Deck4 British Minions

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
169190 BWAS-1603

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.10.1691 - aft.5.1.1692/93Captain ADM 107/2/163BWAS-1603bef.31.1.1693 - 22.12.1695Captain† Discharged Dead ADM 107/2/163BWAS-160323.12.1695 - 7.7.1697Captain ADM 107/2/163BWAS-1603

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1698 - 2.3.1697/98Boatswain Transfered ADM 6/5/8ADM 6/5

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
12.8.1694 - 17.1.1694/95Able Seaman Transfered ADM 107/2/31ADM 107/2

Service History

DateEventSource
9.10.1691Purchased for serviceBWAS-1603
1692Commissioned for Virginia and New EnglandBWAS-1603
7.7.1697Paid offADM 33
24.5.1698Sold for £151BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/2 Archive

ADM 33 Archive

ADM 6/5 Archive

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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