554:"Constant-Warwick was built in 1646, at Ratcliffe...(she was) of 380 to 400 tons, and mounted 26 guns; consisting of 18 light demi-culverins or short 9-pounders, on the main deck, six light sakers, or short 6-pounders, on what was virtually the quarterdeck, and two minions, on what, as being no greater extent than was requisite for a roof to the chief officer's cabin, may be called a poop...The deck on which the sakers are mounted is really a whole deck, reaching from stem to stern; but the bulwark, or barricade, commences only where that of the modern quarterdeck does, at the after side of the gangway-entrance...(she is) well formed in her lower body, lightly but handsomely ornamented in her upperworks, and rigged according to the most approved plan of the day...The first list, in which the Constant-Warwick appears as a national ship, is one of 1652. There she classes as a fifth-rate, or 28 guns. In another list of the same year, her guns are stated at 32; a difference to be explained, perhaps, by one being the lowest, the other the highest, number of guns assigned to the ship in her new employ"
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Williams took command on 6 May 1682 for service in Home Waters then for a convoy to Newfoundland in 1683 followed by service to the Mediterranean in 1684. Captain Charles Skelton took command on 10 July 1686 as guardship at Portsmouth, then sailed with Dartmouth's Fleet in 1688. In 1689 she was under Captain
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With the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War she sailed on an expedition to Cadiz then on to Guinea in 1674. On 9 April 1677 Captain Ralph
Dalavall went to Barbados and returned to pay on 18 July 1679. She was activated on 8 April 1680 under Captain John Ashby for service in the English Channel. Captain
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Captain Abraham Potter. In 1690 she was under Captain John Beverley. She participated in the Battle of Beachy Head as a member of Red Squadron on 30 June 1690. She was reduced to a Fifth Rate vessel in 1691. She recommissioned in 1691 under Captain James Moodie and sailed with a
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She was ordered rebuilt in April 1664 at
Portsmouth Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright John Tippets. She was taken in hand in early 1666 and launched on 21 April 1666. Her dimensions were keel 90 feet 0 inches (27.4 metres) keel for tonnage with a breadth of 28 feet
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She was commissioned in 1645 under
Captain John Gilson, who would hold command in to 1647. In April 1647 she sided with the Royalists, however, in November she defected to the Parliamentary Navy. In November 1647 she was under command of Captain Robert Dare. In 1649 she was under Captain Robert
589:. Following the capture she was assigned to the blockade of Kinsale, Ireland. In 1650 she sailed with Robert Blake's Fleet to the Tagus for the blockade of Lisbon in 1650. She returned to Home Waters for service in the Irish Sea in 1651. In 1651 she came under the command of Captain Owen Cox.
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Ratcliffe and launched in 1645. Her dimensions were keel 85 feet 0 inches (25.9 metres) keel for tonnage with a breadth of 26 feet 5 inches (8.1 metres) and a depth of hold of 13 feet 2 inches (4.0
546:"The Constant-Warwich was the first frigate built in England. She was built in 1649, by Mr. Peter Pett, for a privateer for the Earl of Warwick...Pett took his model of a frigate from a French frigate he had seen in the Thames; as his son Sir Phineas Pett, acknowledged to me."
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tons. She was remeasured at a later date and her dimensions changed to keel 88 feet 0 inches (26.8 metres) keel for tonnage with a breadth of 27 feet 0 inches (8.2 metres) and a depth of hold of 12 feet 0 inches (3.7 metres). Her tonnage was
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February 1667. Captain Ensome was mortally wounded during the action and died on 24 February. On 3 April 1667, Captain
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Captain Vessey she was at Plymouth in June 1660. On 1 June 1661 she was under command of Captain Robert Kirby until 1 August 1663. She sailed to Tangier in 1662. She returned to Portsmouth and was laid up from 1663 until 166 when it was decided to rebuild her.
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sakers on the upper deck (UD) and four sakers on the quarterdeck (QD). In 1685 she had eighteen demi-culverins drakes on the lower deck, eighteen 6-pounder guns on the upper deck and four 3-pounder guns on the quarterdeck.
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Waterworth took command and sailed with Sir Thomas Aliin's Squadron to the Mediterranean. Captain Waterworth remained in command until 28 January 1672.
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972:. Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-. London: Conway Maritime.
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749:Captain John Waterworth: 1/4/1669 - 28/1/1671/72
1127:Fleet Actions, 5.4 Second Battle of Schooneveld
936:. Davies, J. D. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
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761:Captain Ralph Delavall 9/4/1677 - 18/7/1679
758:Captain Joseph Harris: 2/6/1673 - 27/7/1674
577:Moulton Jr. She captured the Royalist ship
786:Captain James Moody: 31/8/1690 - 12/7/1691
739:Captain Robert Ensom: 7/6/1666 - 24/2/1667
360:General characteristics after 1666 rebuild
211:85 ft 0 in (25.91 m) (keel)
1041:Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 161.
886:Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 159.
770:Captain Charles Skelton: 10/7/1686 - 1688
1130:Fleet Actions, 6.2 Battle of Beachy Head
1115:Fleet Actions, 1.2 Battle of Montecristo
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783:Captain John Beverley: 1690 - 1691
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395:28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
329:12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
321:27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
227:13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
219:26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
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192:General characteristics as built
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968:James, W.J. (1 February 2002).
934:Memoires of the Royal Navy 1690
490:Construction and specifications
286:General characteristics by 1660
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387:90 ft (27 m) (keel)
313:88 ft (27 m) (keel)
36:Willem van de Velde the Elder
722:convoy for the West Indies.
1161:, Part V Guns, Type of Guns
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1091:Conway Maritime Press.
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458:First English Civil War
55:Commonwealth of England
932:Pepys, Samuel (2010).
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131:Kingdom of England
1159:978-0-87021-009-9
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296:fourth-rate
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202:fourth-rate
156:Honours and
107:Honours and
34:, drawn by
1170:Categories
1081:References
1059:Winfield 5
1050:Winfield 4
1027:Winfield 8
1009:Winfield 2
1000:Winfield 1
874:Winfield 7
685:Charles II
478:Royal Navy
408:Propulsion
379:379.8 tons
334:Propulsion
250:Complement
232:Propulsion
952:431193285
847:Citations
610:Van Galen
462:Royalists
442:privateer
416:Sail plan
342:Sail plan
240:Sail plan
988:50493356
895:Colledge
773:Captain
742:Captain
542:states,
448:and Sir
426:Armament
352:Armament
265:Armament
176:Captured
151:May 1660
148:Acquired
91:Acquired
83:Launched
77:Ratcliff
658:⁄
616:in 1652
604:at the
583:Charles
579:Charles
519:⁄
504:⁄
476:of the
474:frigate
470:England
355:34 guns
294:32-gun
200:32-gun
72:Builder
43:History
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663:tons.
587:Guinea
524:tons.
384:Length
310:Length
208:Length
158:awards
109:awards
791:Notes
411:Sails
337:Sails
235:Sails
1155:ISBN
1144:ISBN
1104:ISBN
1093:ISBN
984:OCLC
974:ISBN
948:OCLC
938:ISBN
726:Loss
679:The
392:Beam
318:Beam
216:Beam
184:Fate
138:Name
102:1650
86:1645
62:Name
30:The
651:379
538:Mr
512:341
497:315
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521:94
517:22
506:94
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