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Thursday, March 24, 2005

The Fountain, an Algerine prize

I was interested to read about the 5th Rate prize Fountain, which had been taken from the Algerines. The dimensions, English style, were: 88ft x 28ft-2in x 11ft-6in. The English armament was 36 guns: 20-12pdr, 2-demi-culverins (9pdr), and 14-6pdr. The crew, at the Four Days Battle, consisted of 130 men. Pepys says that the ship was taken in 1664. Her draft was 14ft. Her burden was 371 tons. Her peacetime crew was 100 men. Her 1670's nominal war complement for service abroad was 115 men. In home waters, the establishment gave her 150 men. Her armament in the latter 1660's and early 1670's was 34 guns in wartime at home and 30 guns in peacetime or in wartime when deployed abroad. She was converted to a fireship in 1672.

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