English ship Crow (1652)

History
France
Name	Le Crissant
Captured	4 September 1652
Fate	Taken by Blake's Fleet off Dunkirk
History
Commonwealth of England
Name	Crow
Acquired	9 September 1652
Commissioned	1653
Fate	Sold 1656
General characteristics
Class & type	36-gun fourth rate
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Complement	140
Armament	36 guns

Crow was a 36-gun fourth rate vessel captured from the French by the English, She was captured on 9 September 1652 as the 36-gun Le Croissant. She was commissioned into the Parliamentary Naval Force as Crow. She was sold 1656. ^[1]

Crow was the only named vessel in the English or Royal Navy. ^[2]

Specifications

Her dimensional data is unknown. Her gun armament was 36 guns. Her manning was 140 personnel. ^[3]

Commissioned service

Service in the English Civil War and Commonwealth Navy

She was commissioned into the Parliamentary Navy in 1653 under the command of Captain Thomas Thompson until 1654. She was placed in ordinary in 1654, ^[4]

Disposition

Crow was sold 1656. ^[5]

Citations

1. Winfield
2. Colledge
3. Winfield
4. Winfield
5. Winfield

References

• British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © Rif Winfield 2009, EPUB ISBN   978-1-78346-924-6, Chapter 4 Fourth Rates - 'Small Ships', Vessels acquired from 25 March 1603, Ex-French Prizes (1650–52), Crow
• Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt-Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © the estate of J.J. Colledge, Ben Warlow and Steve Bush 2020, EPUB ISBN   978-1-5267-9328-7, Section C (Crow)
• The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600 – 1815, by Brian Lavery, published by US Naval Institute Press © Brian Lavery 1989, ISBN   978-0-87021-009-9, Part V Guns, Type of Guns