"Pepys' List"

Tanner's book, in the first volume, has Samuel Pepys' definitive list of ships that were in service from the Restoration in 1660 up until 25 March 1686. The sort of information in his list is very valuable, as there are things that can't be found elsewhere, such as navigational draft. For example, the entry for the St. Michael:

• Built at Portsmouth by Sir John Tippetts in 1669
• Length by the keel: 125ft-0in
• Breadth by the beam: 40ft-8-1/2in
• Depth in hold: 17ft-5in
• Draught of water: 19ft-8in
• Burden: 1,101 tons
• Peacetime crew everywhere: 370 men
• Wartime crew abroad: 460 men
• Wartime crew at home: 550 men
• Guns in peacetime anywhere: 82 guns
• Guns in wartime abroad: 82 guns
• Guns in wartime at home: 98 guns

The St. Michael was built as a 2nd Rate and was uprated to 1st Rate in early 1672 (under the old calendar, they still called the year 1671).

According to the Ordnance Establishment of 1677, the St. Michael was to carry 90 guns at war, 80 guns abroad, and 80 guns in peacetime. Her establishment was 26-demi-cannon (32 pdr), 26-culverins (18pdr), 26-6pdr, 10-sakers (5-1/4pdr), and 2-3pdr.

Sources:

1. Adrian B. Caruana, The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875, Vol.I, The Age of Evolution 1523-1715, 1994.

2. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.