List of Smaller English Warships of The English Civil War, The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1642-1
In principle, vessels with an established complement of fewer than 150 were classed (from late 1653) as fifth rate (with between 80 and 139 men), sixth rate (with between 50 and 79 men), or as unrated (with fewer than 50 men). However there were numerous exceptions, and a large number of vessels changed categories during their service lives.
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- Purchased vessels of the 1640s.
- Cygnet 18, purchased 1643, sold 1654.
- Hector 22, purchased 1644, sold 1656.
- Captured vessels of the 1640s.
- Fellowship 28, captured from Royalists 1643, sold 1662.
- Warwick 22, captured from Royalists 1643, sold 1660.
- Globe 24, captured from Royalists 1644, sold 1648.
- Swann 12, captured from Royalists 1645, wrecked 1653.
- Satisfaction 20, purchased 1646, wrecked 1662.
- Fifth rates, 1651 programme
- Pearl 22, built 1651, sunk as a breakwater 1697.
- Mermaid 22, built 1651, rebuilt 1689.
- Primrose 22, built 1651, wrecked 1656.
- Nightingale 22, built 1651, wrecked 1674.
- Sixth rates, 1652 programme
- Drake 14, built 1652, sold 1691.
- Merlin 14, built 1652, captured by the Dutch 1665.
- Martin 14, built 1652, sold 1667.
- Fifth rates, 1653 programme
- Colchester 22, built 1654, sunk 1667.
- Islip 22, built 1654, wrecked 1655.
- Fagons 22, built 1654, renamed Milford 1660, burnt 1673.
- Selby 22, built 1654, renamed Eagle 1660, sunk as a breakwater 1694.
- Basing 22, built 1654, renamed Guernsey 1660, taken to pieces 1693.
- Grantham 22, built 1654, renamed Garland 1660, sold 1698.
- Fifth rates, 1654 programme
- Norwich 22, built 1655, wrecked 1682.
- Pembroke 22, built 1655, foundered 1667 after collision.
- Dartmouth 22, built 1655, wrecked 1690.
- Cheriton 22, built 1656, renamed Speedwell 1660, wrecked 1676.
- Wakefield 22, built 1656, renamed Richmond 1660, sold 1698.
- Oxford 22, built 1656, destroyed in explosion 1669.
- Fifth rates, 1656 programme
- Forrester 22, built 1657, destroyed in explosion 1672.
- Bradford 24, built 1658, renamed Success 1660, wrecked 1680.
- Sixth rates and unrated vessels, 1657 programme
(note these six were ketch-rigged, three being classed as sixth rates and three being unrated)
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- Cygnet 4, built 1657.
- Lily 4, built 1657.
- Hart 4, built 1657.
- Swallow 4, built 1657.
- Parrot 4, built 1657.
- Rose 4, built 1657.
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