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1663
- Apr
Rainbow
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First Reading
in Aqua Scripto • Link
Rainbow built by Bright, at Deptford in 1617 : lived a long life 1680
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in Aqua Scripto • Link
Rainbow in 1642 had Sir George Aiscue as Rear Admiral it be a ship of 52 guns 280 men; [had sailed to Barbadoes ]
From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 30 October 1651', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 7: 1651-1660 (1802), pp. 31-3. URL: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.…. Date accessed: 25 April 2006.
Capt Penn would know This ship?
in 1646 :
Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree with the Lords, That Captain William Batten be Captain of the Ship St. Andrew, and Vice-Admiral.
The Question was propounded, Whether this House would agree with the Lords, That Captain Thomas Trenchfield should be Captain of the Rainbow, and Rear-Admiral:
And then the Question being put, Whether this Question should be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
It is thereupon Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree with the Lords, That Captain Thomas Trenchfield be Captain of the Rainbow, and Rear-Admiral.
From: 'House of Commons Journal Volume 4: 23 February 1646', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 4: 1644-1646 (1802), pp. 449-52. URL: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.…. Date accessed: 25 April 2006
Pedro • Link
Rainbow
From Ruben's annotation concerning the Elias
"Mark Harrison served in both the Commonwealth and Restoration navies...From 1659 to 1660, he commanded the Dutch prize Elias (the former Amsterdam Directors's ship Elias). At the Restoration, he was continued in command of the Elias. In 1663, he commanded the 2nd Rate Rainbow."
Pedro • Link
The Rainbow
In the Sound in 1659 with 350 men and 54 guns under Anthony Young.
Fleet list of April 1665 is 2nd Rate with 320 men and 56 guns under Willo Hannam.
(info the Journal of Edward Montagu by Anderson)
Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
(Sir) Roger Strickland served in the Restoration navy and into the new regime after 1688.
In 1661, he was appointed as lieutenant of the 4th Rate Sapphire.
In 1662, he served as the lieutenant of the Crown.
In 1663, he was moved to the old 4th Rate Providence as lieutenant.
After the outbreak of the second Anglo-Dutch war, he became lieutenant of the hired merchantman "Hambrough Merchant" (more creative spelling).
Later in 1665, he became the lieutenant of the 2nd Rate Rainbow.
Finally, in 1666, he was appointed captain of the Sancta Maria.
In 1668, he became captain of the 5th Rate Success.
In 1669, he was appointed captain of the 4th Rate Kent.
In 1671, he was moved to the Antelope.
In 1672, he commanded first the Plymouth and then the 2nd Rate Henry.
Strickland fought in the Battle of Solebay, in command of the Plymouth (58 guns), where he was assigned to Sir Joseph Jordan's division.
In 1674, Charles II appointed him as captain of the 4th Rate Dragon.
On 5 November 1677, was appointed captain of the 4th Rate Centurion, and then was moved to the 3rd Rate Mary shortly after that, on 10 December 1677.
On 1 April 1678, Sir Roger Strickland and Arthur Herbert (captain of the Rupert) captured an Algerine warship. The Rupert did most of the damage, and the arrival of the Mary simply caused the Algerine to strike her flag.
In January 1678/79, Sir John Narborough appointed Sir Roger Strickland to command the 4th Rate Bristol. The date was 14 January. He was reappointed to command her by the King on 23 March 1685.
Finally, on 14 June 1688, James II appointed him to command the 3rd Rate Mary. One inflammatory act by the king was to appoint Sir Roger Strickland, as Catholic, to command the fleet.
He was eventually demoted, but it was another reason for the coup. By late in the year, the Glorious Revolution occurred, and the new regime came to power.
Sources:
William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898.
J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.
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