The King's Ships 1641[2]
A partial list of the King's
ships taken from the Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1642
| 2nd Rate
| Crew |
3rd Rate
| Crew |
| St. George | 260
| Convertive | 200
|
| Henrietta Maria *
| 250 | Garland
| 170 |
| Unicorn | 250
| Lion | 170
|
| Rainbow | 240
| Antelope | 160
|
| James | 260
| |
|
| Reformation | 250
| 4th Rate
| |
| Charles | 250
| Mary Rose | 100
|
| Victory | 260
| Expedition | 100
|
| 6th Rate.
| |
| * See table below.
| | Greyhound
| 50 |
- Naval forces also contained additional merchant ships hired
at the rate of two shillings per ton per month. The Mayflower
II, a full scale reproduction of an early seventeenth century
merchant ship, is pictured here with two attending shallops near
the Plimoth Plantation
during 1994.
- In early August 1642 Portsmouth is under siege.
- At Stokes Bay near Rowner, under the command of Warwick are
the following Parliamentary ships.
| Lion of Leith | Autonomous
|
| Paragon |
|
| Charles | 2nd Rate
|
| Caesar |
|
| Black James |
|
- Two other vessels, whose names are unknown are also at Stokes
Bay. Other sources state that only five ships are present.
- In Portsmouth harbour and later captured is the Pinnace Henrietta
Maria. The Civil War in Portsmouth.
.
.
Source:
The Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1642.
The Portsmouth Papers No. 7.
Penn 1. 22.
Lords Journal 5. 379.
Report by:
William Batten, Surveyor of the Navy, early 1642.