![]() Commodore Richard Beach and Dutch Admiral Van Ghent in a joint task force destroy six Barbary ships near Cape Spartel, Morocco, 17 August 1670, Jersey is the second left ship shown
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Name | Foresight |
Ordered | 24 December 1649 |
Builder | Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 1650 |
Commissioned | 1650 |
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Name | Foresight |
Ordered | 24 December 1649 |
Builder | Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard |
Launched | 1650 |
Commissioned | 1650 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Wrecked, 4 July 1698 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 40-gun Fourth rate |
Tons burthen | 513+24⁄94 tons bm |
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Beam | 30 ft 10 in (9.4 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement |
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Foresight was a 40-gun fourth-rate of the Commonwealth of England, 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 Dungeness, Kentish Knock, Portland, The Gabbard and Scheveningen. She was also 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 Vagen and the St James Day Fight. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War she participated in the battles of Schooneveld and Texel. For the remainder of her career she was in the West Indies, the Mediterranean and North American waters. She was wrecked south of Cuba in July 1698.[1]
Foresight was the second named vessel since it was used for a 36-gun ship built in 1570 and sold in 1604.[2]