HMS Assistance (1650) (original) (raw)

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HMS Assistance was one of six 40-gun fourth-rate frigates, built for the Commonwealth of England under the 1650 Programme, after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 she was incorporated into the navy of the Kingdom of England. During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she partook in the First Anglo-Dutch war being present in the battles of Kentish Knock, Portland and The Gabbard. In the Mediterranean she was present at the Battle of Santa Cruz and the bombardment of Porto Farina, In the Second Anglo-Dutch War she was involved in the Battle of Lowestoft, Battle of Vagen and the St James Day Fight. She did not participate in fleet actions after this. She spent the rest of her service life undergoing several rebuilds and plying the waters as a cruiser protecting British trade and projecting British sovereignty. After nearly 95 years of Service she was sunk as a break water at Sheerness at the end of 1745. Assistance was the first named vessel in the English and Royal Navy. (en)

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Sunk as breakwater 14 December 1745

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as built (en)
after 1687 rebuild (en)
after 1699 rebuild (en)
after 1710-13 rebuild (en)
after 1720-26 rebuild (en)

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Restoration May 1660 (en)

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*50 guns: * 22 x 18-pounder guns * 22 x 9-pounder guns * 4 x 6-pounder guns * 2 x 6-pounder guns (en)
*50 guns * 22/18 x 12-pounder guns * 22/18 x 6-pounder guns * 8/6 x 6-pounder guns * 2 x 6-pounder guns (en)
*50/44 guns 1703 establishment * 20/18 x 12-pounder guns * 20/18 x 6-pounder guns * 6/4 x 6-pounder guns * 2 x 6-pounder guns (en)
*42 guns in 1688 * 20 x culverins * 18 x demi-culverins * 4 x sakers cutts * 46 guns in 1696 survey * 17 x culverins * 21 x demi-culverins * 8 x sakers (en)
* 40 guns 1653 * 46 guns 1666 * 22 x culverins * 20 x demi-culverins * 4 x sakers * 50 guns in 1685 * 22 x culverins * 22 x demi-culverins * 6 x sakers (en)

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Henry Johnson, Deptford (en)

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* Lowestoft 1665 * Vagen 1665 * Four Days' Battle 1666 * Orfordness 1666 * Martinique 1667 (en)
* Kentish Knock 1652 * Portland 1653 * Gabbard 1653 * Porto Farina 1655 * Santa Cruz 1657 (en)

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Assistance (en)

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December 1649 (en)

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HMS Assistance was one of six 40-gun fourth-rate frigates, built for the Commonwealth of England under the 1650 Programme, after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 she was incorporated into the navy of the Kingdom of England. During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she partook in the First Anglo-Dutch war being present in the battles of Kentish Knock, Portland and The Gabbard. In the Mediterranean she was present at the Battle of Santa Cruz and the bombardment of Porto Farina, In the Second Anglo-Dutch War she was involved in the Battle of Lowestoft, Battle of Vagen and the St James Day Fight. She did not participate in fleet actions after this. She spent the rest of her service life undergoing several rebuilds and plying the waters as a cruiser protecting British trade and projectin (en)

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HMS Assistance (1650) (en)

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