Ship Specifications 1550 to 1640

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Here are the specifications for a number of Armada period ships. Nominally for my father’s Rules for Naval Warfare 1500 to 1850.

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Credit

Most of the details I got from my father, Gary Thomas, however, Nathaniel Goggin kindly emailed some as well.

DC = Demi Cannon

CP = “cannon perier” in English and the Spanish a “pedrero” – a mortar-like gun with a relatively short and thin-walled barrel firing a stone shot, used mostly against personnel, the shot being ineffective against well-built hulls. It was a very old-fashioned kind of weapon by 1588, already almost extinct in the English fleet, though the Spanish would retain them in numbers for another decade or so (Nathaniel Goggin, personal communication).

CL = Culvern

DCL = Demi Culvern

Speed and Turn relate to some rules my father wrote for the period.

Data Sheet

Name Nationality Description Year Wt Crew DC CP CL DCL Spd Turn Spd Turn
Foresight English Small Galleon 1570 300 160 – 2 8 6 6 90 4 8
Hope English Med Great Ship 1559 600 250 4 4 10 6 4.5 45 3 4
Rainbow English Med Galleon 1587 500 250 6 – 12 6 6 45 3.5 6
Revenge English Med Galleon 1577 450 250 4 – 12 6 6 90 3.5 6
Vanguard English Med Galleon 1587 500 250 6 – 12 6 6 45 3.5 6
White Bear English Large Galleon 1565 1000 500 8 4 16 6 4.5 45 3 4
Prince Royal English 1610 1200
James English Ship 1633 875
Duquesa Santa Ana Spanish Great Ship 915 450 6 8 4 2 3 45 2 4
San Cristobal Portuguese Med Galleon 1588 700 350 6 6 4 2 6 45 3.5 4
San Felipe Spanish Great Ship 1400 200 – 2 2 2 3 45 2 4
San Pedro Spanish Small Galleon 530 300 – 10 2 2 3 45 2.5 4
San Juan
(El Menor) 		Spanish Small Galleon 530 270 – 8 2 2 4.5 45 2.5 4
San Lorenzo Spanish Galleass 800 400 8 8 – 2 3 (8) 45 (90) 2 (4) 4 (8)
San Martin Portuguese Large Galleon 1588 1000 500 8 8 6 2 4.5 45 3 4
San Mateo Spanish Med Galleon 750 400 6 6 4 2 3 45 2.5 4
Santiago
(El Meyor) 		Spanish Small Galleon 530 270 – 8 2 2 4.5 45 2.5 4

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