The King's Ships, Summer Guard 1642.

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May to October.

Ship	Rate		Commander	Lieutenant		Men	Tons	Guns	Built	Fit for Years
James		2	Earl of Warwick, Admiral		Slingsby	260	875	48	1634	10
St. George		2	Sir John Mennes, Rear Admiral		William Smith	260	792	44	1622	10
Rainbow		2	William Batten, Vice Admiral		Lutten	260	721	40	1617	10
Constant Reformation		2	Sir David Murray		Stansby	260	732	40	1619	7
Victory		2	Capt. Fogge		Fogge	240	742	40	1620	7
Henrietta Maria		2	Capt. Hatch		Watts	250	793	42	1633	9
Unicorn		2	Capt. Trenchfield		Somerton	260	769	46	1634	10
Charles		2	Capt. Swanley		Darey	250	810	44	1633	9
Vanguard		2	Capt. Blith		Blith	250	751	40	1631	5
Happy Entrance		3	Capt. Owen		Bowen	160	767	30	1619	7
Garland		3	Capt. Slingsby		Walters	170	767	34	1620	8
Lion		3	Capt. Prysse		Hill	170	602	40	1640	20
Antelope		3	Capt. Burley		Willby	160	512	38	1619	7
Mary Rose		4	Capt. Fox			100	321	25	1623	4
Expedition		4	Capt. Wake			100	301	14	1637	5
Greyhound		6	Capt. Wheeler			50	126	12	1636	7

Merchant Ships for the Summer Guard 1642.

Ship	Captain	Lieutenant	Men	Tons
Martin	Capt. George Martin	Hackinger	210	700
Sampson	Capt. Ashley	Andrew	130	600
Caesar	Capt. Joseph Jordan	Norton	180	600
London	Capt. John Stephens	Pomeroy	180	600
Unicorn	Capt. Edward Johnson		143	475
Mayflower	Capt. Peter Andrews		121	450
Bonaventure	Capt. George Swanley		120	400
Prosperous	Capt. William Driver		120	400
Hercules	Capt. Moyer		150	350
Paragon	Capt. Leonard Harris		150	350
Hopeful Luke	Capt. Lee		105	350
Golden Angel	Capt. Walker		105	350
Exchange	Capt. Lucas		89	325
Maidenhead	Capt. Lewton		90	300
Providence	Capt. William Swanley		81	271
Jocelyn	Capt. Partridge		60	200

His Majesty's Ships for the Irish Sea, Summer Guard 1642.

Ship	Rate	Captain	Men	Tons	Guns	Built	Fit for Years
Swallow	3	Capt. Thomas Kettleby	150	360	34	1634	10
Bonaventure	3	Capt. Henry Stradling	160	557	32	1621	8

Merchant Ships for the Irish Sea, Summer Guard 1642.

Ship	Captain	Men	Tons
Discovery	Capt. John Brokhaven	144	380
Ruth	Capt. Robert Constable	120	400
Employment	Capt. Thomas Ashley	132	440
Peter	Capt. Peter Strong	81	270
Pennington	Capt. Elias Jordan	36	235
Fellowship	Capt. Thomas Colle	87	290
Mary	Capt. William Chapel	30	103
John	Capt. John Thomas	15	50

The King's Ships, Winter Guard 1642.

November to April.

Ship	Rate	Commander	Men	Tons	Guns	Built	Fit for Years
Henrietta Maria	2	Earl of Warwick, Admiral	250	793	42	1633	9
Rainbow	2	William Batten, Vice Admiral	240	721	40	1617	10
Happy Entrance	3		160	767	30	1619	7
Expedition	4		100	301	14	1637	5
Providence	4		100	304	14	1637	5
Greyhound	6		50	126	12	1636	7

Merchant Ships for the Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Men
Maidenhead	85
Providence	81
Jocelyn	59

Merchant Pinnaces for the Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Men
Mary	15
William and John	12
Neptune of Weymouth	12

King's Ships for the Irish Coast, Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Rate	Commander	Men	Tons	Guns	Built	Fit for Years
Charles	2	Admiral	250	810	44	1633	9
Lion	3		170	602	40	1640	20

King's Pinnaces for the Irish Coast, Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Rate	Men
Crescent	6	50
Lilly	6	35
Swan	6	20
Hart	6	40

Mr. Thompson's Ships, Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Men
Employment	120
Ruth	120
Discionary	120
Peter	81
Pennington	46

The King's Ships at Bristol, Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Men
Fellowship	90
Mary	30
Little Mary	30

Merchant Pinnaces at Bristol, Winter Guard 1642.

Ship	Men
Mary	42
Charity	36
Richarden	30
Elizabeth	24

Merchant Ships to be added to the Irish Guard, 1642.

Ship	Men
Zante Merchant	390
Good Hope	390
Achilles	260
George Bonaventure	242
Mary Bonaventure	240
Hopewell	200
Katherine	200
Pennington	135
Dolphin	100
Peter	150

Ships surveyed in early 1642 but not listed for the summer or winter guards.

Ship	Rate	Notes	Men	Tons	Guns	Built	Fit for Years
Sovereign	1		600	1522	90	1637	15
Prince	1		500	1187	70	1641	20
Merhonour	1		350	956	40	1616	5
Defiance	2	Summers only	250	857	38	1616	2
Swiftsure	2		260	746	46	1621	5
St. Andrew	2		260	783	42	1622	10
Triumph	2		300	776	44	1623	7
Assurance	3	Perhaps two Summers	200	600	34	1601	2
Dreadnought	3		140	552	30	1613	3
Convertine	3		200	621	34	1616	3
Leopard	3		160	515	34	1635	10
Eight Whelp	5	Perhaps two Summers	60	162	14	1628	2
Tenth Whelp	5	Perhaps two Summers	60	186	14	1628	2
Henrietta Maria	6	4 years harbour service (Portsmouth harbour fall 1642)	25	68	6	1624	4
Roebuck	6		45	90	10	1636
Nicodemus	6	Perhaps two Summers	50	105	6	1636	2

Non-effective Ships 1642.

Ship	Notes	Tons	Built
First Whelp	Fitted for the Baracado at Chatham.	105	1628
Second Whelp	Fitted for the Baracado at Chatham.	105	1628

Not fit for Sea Service, early 1642.

Ship	Rate	Notes	Tons	Built
Nonsuch	2		619	1603
St. Denis	3	prize	619	1635
Adventure	4		287	1594
Third Whelp	5		196	1628

Notes:

The ten Lion's Whelps (pups) built in 1627[8] were contracted by nine shipwrights, at from three shillings to five shillings a ton. Being described as built in haste "of mean sappy timber" only one lasted into the time of the Commonwealth. The Fifth Whelp, commanded by Edward Popham sprung a leak (a tendency with all the Whelps, some being brought into dry dock within a year of construction to be strengthened under water ) while returning from the Brill, sinking on 28 June 1637.

Two other Whelps were blown up by carelessness in action.

Whelps were under 200 tons, square rigged, three masted vessels that carried 14 guns.

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.

English History Review, ix. 96. Oppenheim.