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Crane Group

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Class overview
NameCrane Group
Builders
OperatorsRoyal Navy Ensign English Navy Royal
Preceded byNone
Succeeded by1637 Group
Built1590
In service1590-1629
Completed4
Lost1
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeSmall Ship
Tons burthen200 bm
Sail planship-rigged
Complement100 - 1603
Armament19 guns

The Crane Group was a group of four 200-ton small galleons built after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. These vessels were all armed with about 20 guns and were rated in the six tier rating system of 1626 as Fourth Rate ships. They were all gone by the 1630s.[1]

Design and specifications

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The ships may have been built in Deptford but not much information survives. The master shipwrights are known but not the exact location of their builds. Only launch years are available for each ship. The dimensions of the vessels is varied and will be shown on the individual pages of each vessel. The gun armaments was also varied though it is known that they carried around nineteen to twenty guns of demi-culverins, sakers, minions and fowlers.[2]

Ships of the Crane Group

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Name Builder Launch date Remarks
Crane Richard Chapman 1590
  • Sold at Rochester on 17 June 1629
Quittance Matthew Baker 1590
  • Condemned 1618
Answer Matthew Baker 1590
  • Sold at Rochester on 17 June 1629
Advantage Peter & Joseph Pett 1590
  • Burnt by accident in Scotland December 1613

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Winfield

References

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  • British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © Rif Winfield 2009, EPUB ISBN 978-1-78346-924-6, Chapter 4, The Fourth Rates - 'Small Ships', Vessels in service or on order at 24 March 1603, Crane Group
  • Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt-Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © the estate of J.J. Colledge, Ben Warlow and Steve Bush 2020, EPUB ISBN 978-1-5267-9328-7