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The Royal Navy in the Reign of Charles I

St. Claude ? 1625 Taken from French.

St. Denis 38 1625 Taken from French. Given to Sir John

Chudleigh 1629

St. Mary ? 1626 Taken from French.

St. Anne ? 1626 Taken from French.

Esperance ? 1626 Taken from French.

Henrietta 6 1626 Bought. Sold by Commonwealth

Maria 6 1626 Bought.

Spy 18 1626 Bought.

Fortune 20 1627 Taken from French.

St. Esprit 42 1627 Taken from French. Taken and burnt by Dutch at

Texel.

Charles 44 1632 Called Liberty under the Commonwealth.

Wrecked, 1650.

Henrietta Maria 42 1632 Called Paragon under the Commonwealth. Burnt,

1655

James 48 1633

Unicorn 46 1634

Leopard 34 1634 Taken by Dutch, 1655.

Swallow 34 1634 Went over to Charles 11 in 1648.

1st Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Wrecked, 1626.

2nd Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought Wrecked, 1626.

3rd Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Blew up, 1629.

4th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Sank, 1636.

5th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Sank off Dutch coast, 1637.

6th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Lost, seeking the North-West

passage

7th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Expended as a target.

8th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Expended as a target.

9th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Expended as a target.

10th Lion's Whelp 12 1627 Bought. Still in service in 1654.

Swan ? 1636 Taken. Sank off Guernsey, 1638.

Roebuck 10 1636 Went over to Charles 11 in 1648.

Greyhound 12 1636 Blown up in action by George Wager,

1656

Expedition 30 1637

Providence 30 1637

Sovereign of the Seas 100 1637

Crescent 14 1642 Bought. Went over to Charles II in 1648.

Lily 8 1642 Bought.

Satisfaction 26 1646 Went over to Charles II in 1648.

Adventure 38 1646

Nonsuch 34 1646

Assurance 32 1646

Constant Warwick 30 1646 built as a privateer. Bought 20/1/1649

Phoenix 38 1647

Dragon 38 1647

Tiger 38 1647

Elizabeth 38 1647

Old Warwick 22 1646 Taken.

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Globe 24 1646 Bought. Ex merchant vessel.

Hector 20 1646 Bought. ex merchant vessel.

Clowes, W. L., A History of the Royal Navy, London, 1898.