HMS Reserve (1650)

History
Commonwealth Navy EnsignCommonwealth of England
NameReserve
OrderedDecember 1649
BuilderPeter Pett II, Woodbridge
Launched1650
Commissioned1650
Royal Navy EnsignKingdom of England
NameReserve
Launched1650
AcquiredMay 1660
Honours and
awards
  • Lowestoft 1665
  • Four Days' Battle 1666
  • Orfordness 1666
  • Barfleur 1692
FateFoundered off Yarmouth 27 November 1703
General characteristics as built
Class and type40-gun Fourth-rate
Tons burthen513+8794 tons bm
Length
  • 118 ft 4 in (36.1 m) gundeck
  • 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) keel for tonnage
Beam31 ft 1 in (9.5 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 6.5 in (4.7 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Complement180 personnel
Armament
  • 44 guns in 1653
  • 48 in 1666
  • 22 × culverins (LD)
  • 20 × demi-culverins (UD)
  • 6 × sakers (QD) (2 sakers added in 1677)
  • 48 guns in 1685
  • 22 × culverins (LD)
  • 22 × demi-culverins (UD)
  • 4 × sakers (QD)
General characteristics after 1700/01 rebuild
Class and type50-gun Fourth-rate
Tons burthen579+8094 tons bm
Length
  • 117 ft 6 in (35.8 m) gundeck
  • 96 ft 5 in (29.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam33 ft 7.5 in (10.2 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament
  • 50/46 guns 1703 Establishment
  • 20/18 × 12-pounder guns (LD)
  • 20/18 × 6-pounder guns (UD)
  • 6/4 × 6-pounder guns (QD)
  • 2 × 6-pounder guns (Fc)

HMS Reserve 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. She partook in no major Fleet actions during the First Anglo-Dutch War. After the Restoration during the Second Anglo-Dutch War she partook in the Battle of Lowestoft, the Four Days' Battle and the St James Day Battle. She spent the bulk of her service either in the Mediterranean or at Newfoundland. She foundered off Yarmouth in November 1703.[1]

Reserve was the first named vessel in the English and Royal Navies.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield 1
  2. ^ Colledge