HMS Expedition (1637)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Expedition.

History
Royal Navy EnsignEnglish Navy Royal
NameExpedition
Ordered12 December 1636
BuilderMatthew Graves, Bermondsey
Launched20 March 1637
Commissioned1638
Commonwealth Navy EnsignCommonwealth of England
NameExpedition
AcquiredMay 1649
Honours and
awards
  • Portland
  • Gabbard 1653
  • Scheveningen 1653
Royal Navy EnsignKingdom of England
NameExpedition
AcquiredMay 1660
Honours and
awards
  • Lowestoffe 1665
  • Four Days' Fight 1666
  • Orfordness 1666
FateSold October 1667
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Pinnance
  • Fourth Rate – 1651
Tons burthen357+93⁄94 tons bm
Length90 ft 1 in (27.5 m) keel
Beam27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionSail
Sail planship-rigged
Complement
  • 120 (1652)
  • 140 (1653)
Armament
  • 30 guns as built
  • 1666 establishment
  • 7 × culverins (LD)
  • 13 × demi-culverins (LD)
  • 6 × 6-pdrs (UD)
  • 10 × sakers (UD)
  • 2 × 3-pdrs

Expedition was a 30-gun pinnance in the service of the English Navy Royal. She spent her career in Home Waters. During the English Civil War she was employed in the Parliamentary Naval Force. In 1651 she was assigned to the Commonwealth Navy. She was in the Battle of Gabbard and Scheveningen in 1653. Upon the Restoration in 1660 she participated in the battles of Lowestoffe, Four Days' Fight and Orfordness in 1666. She was converted to a fireship then sold in 1667.[1]

Expedition was the second named vessel since it was used for a 20-gun French ship captured in 1618 and listed until 1652.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield 8
  2. ^ Colledge