"Decr. 1607."
A Catalogue of all the King's Ships, with their respective Tonnage, and Men at Sea."

Names. Tonnage. Men.
Elizabeth 900 500
Triumph 1000 500
Bear 900 500
Victory 900 500
Honour 800 400
Ark 800 400
Repulse 700 350
Garland 700 300
Warspight 600 300
Mary Rose 600 250
Assurance 600 250
Bonaventure 600 250
Lion 500 250
Nonsuch 500 250
Defiance 500 250
Vanguard 500 250
Rainbow 500 250
Dreadnought 400 200
Swiftsure 400 200
Antelope 350 160
Adventure 250 120
Crane 200 100
Quittance 200 100
Answer 200 100
Advantage 200 100
Tramontane 140 70
Lion's Whelp 90 60
Charles 70 45
Moon 60 45
Advice 50 40
Spy 50 40
Merlin 50 40
Superlativa * 335
Advantagia * 223
Volatilia * 223
Galarita * 223
In all 36 Ships and Vessels 14710
if each of the 4 latter Vessels was 100 Tons.
8174

* In the 11th vol. of the Archæologia, these Vessels are stated to have been of 100 tons each.

MEM°.—This List is taken from Pepys's Miscellanies, vol. 2, p. 131, and vol. 5, p. 579, at the foot of which he says, "The foregoing are all the King's Ships, Pinnaces, and Galleys." By the List preceeding this, it appears that the four last Vessels were large Galleys.


Charles Derrick: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.
Blacks & Parry; Cadell & Davies; G. & W. Nicol; H. Teape, London, 1806. pp 41-43.

Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius


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