The Royal Navy Winter Guard

Winter 1642/43

Ship Captain Rate Tons Men Guns

Henrietta Maria The Earl of Warwick 2 793 250

Admiral of the Fleet
Rainbow William Batten 2 721 240 42
Vice Admiral
Happy Entrance 3 160
Expedition 4 301 100 15
Providence 4 260 100 16
Greyhound 6 126 50 18
Merchant Ships

Maidenhead 285 85 20
Providence 270 81 20
Jocelyn 196 59 12

Merchant Pinnaces

Mary 15
William & John 12
Neptune of Weymouth 12

His Majesty's Ships for the Irish Guard

Charles 2 810 250 46

Lion 3 602 170 42

King's Pinnaces

Crescent 6 140 50 12
Lily 6 80 35 10
Swan 6 20
Hart 6 80 40 12

Mr Thompson's Ships

Employment 440 132 30

Ruth 400 120 24
Discionary 120
Peter 270 81 14
Pennington 135 46

Merchant Ships

Zante Merchant 390 117

Good Hope 390 117
Achilles 260 78
George Bonaventure 242 72
Mary Bonaventure 240 72
Hopewell 220 66
Katherine 200 60

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Ship Captain Rate Tons Men Guns

Pennington 135 40
Dolphin 100 30
Peter 150 45

At Bristol

Fellowship 4 90
Mary 6 30
Little Mary 6 30

Merchant Pinnaces

Mary 42
Charity 36
Richarden 30
Elizabeth 24

Journals of the House of Lords (some details added from Powell, J. R., The
Navy in the English Civil War, London 1962)