Information on the English ships

  1. LIST OF ROYAL SHIPS . No.s 1-34
  2. MERCHANT SHIPS APPOINTED TO SERVE WESTWARDS UNDER SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. No.s 35-68
  3. SHIPS FITTED OUT AND PAID BY THE CITY OF LONDON No.s 69-98
  4. MERCHANT SHIPS SERVING UNDER THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. No.s 99-116
  5. VESSELS WHICH TRANSPORTED VICTUALS WESTWARDS No.s 117-131
  6. COASTERS UNDER THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL, AND PAID BY THE QUEEN No.s 132-151
  7. COASTERS UNDER LORD HENRY SEYMOUR, SOME PAID BY THE QUEEN BUT MOST BY THE PORT ToWNS No.s 152-174
  8. (FOR THE SECOND BATTLE ONLY) VOLUNTARY SHIPS WHICH JOINED WHEN THE ARMADA WAS ON THE COAST AND WERE PAID BY THE QUEEN DURING SERVICE No.s 175-197
  1. No. Name Tons No of Guns No of Men

    2. 1. Ark 800 55 430
    2. Elizabeth Bonaventure 600 47 250
    3. Rainbow 500 54 250
    4. Golden Lion 500 38 250
    5. White Bear 1000 40 490
    6. Vanguard 500 54 250
    7. Revenge 500 43 250
    8. Elizabeth Jonas 900 56 490
    9. Victory 800 42 430
    10. Antelope 400 30 170
    11. Triumph 1100 42 500
    12. Draednought 400 32 190
    13. Mary Rose 600 36 250
    14. Nonpareil 500 38 250
    15. Hope 600 48 270
    16. Bonavolia (Galley) ... .. 250
    17. Swiftsure 400 42 180
    18. Swallow 360 8 160
    19. Foresight 300 37 150
    20. Aid 250 18 120
    21. Bull 200 .. 100
    22. Tiger 200 30 100
    23. Tremontana 150 21 70
    24. Scout 120 10 70
    25. Achates 100 13 60
    26. Charles 70 16 45
    27. Moon 60 9 40
    28. Advice 50 9 40
    29. Merlin 50 7 35
    30. Spy 50 9 40
    31. Sun 40 5 30
    32. Cygnet 30 3 20
    33. Brygandine 90 .. 35
    34. George (hoy) 100 .. 24
    35. Galleon Leicester 400 160
    36. Merchant Royal 400 160
    37. Edward Bonaventure 300 120
    38. Roebuck of Dartmouth 300 120
    39. Golden Noble 250 110
    40. Griffin 200 100
    41. Minion 200 80
    42. Bark Talbot 200 90
    43. Thomas Drake 200 80
    44. Spark 200 90
    45. Hopewell 200 100
    46. Galleon Dudley 250 96
    47. Virgin God Save Her 200 70
    48. Hope Hawkyns of Plymouth 200 80
    49. Bark Bond 150 70
    50. Bark Bonner 150 70
    51. Bark Hawkyns 150 70
    52. Unity 80 40
    53. Elizabeth Drake of Lyme 60 30
    54. Bark Buggins 80 50
    55. Elizabeth Founes 80 50
    56. Bark St Leger 160 80
    57. Bark Mannington 160 80
    58. Heartsease .. 24
    59. Golden Hind 50 30 not Drake's Ship
    60. Makeshift 60 40
    1. Diamond of Dartmouth 60 40
    62. Speedwell 60 14
    63. Bear Yonge of Lyme 140 70
    64. Chance 60 40
    65. Delight 50 40
    66. Nightingale 40 30
    67. Small Caravel 30 20
    68. Fly-Boat Yonge 50 50
    69. Hercules 300 120
    70. Toby 250 100
    71. Mayflower 200 90
    72. Minion 200 90
    73. Royal Defence 160 80
    74. Ascension 200 100
    75. Gift of God 180 80
    76. Primrose 200 90
    77. Margaret & John 200 90
    78. Golden Lion 140 70
    79. Diana 80 40
    80. Bark Burr 160 70
    81. Tiger 200 90
    82. Brave 160 70
    83. Red Lion 200 90
    84. Centurion 250 100
    85. Passport 80 40
    86. Moonshie 60 30
    87. Thomas Bonaventure 140 70
    88. Release 60 30
    89. George Noble 120 80
    90. Anthony 100 60
    91. Toby 120 70
    92. Salamander of Leigh 110 60
    93. Rose Lion of Leigh 100 50
    94. Antelope 120 60
    95. Jewel of Leigh 110 60
    96. Pansy 100 70
    97. Prudence of Leigh 120 60
    98. Dolphon of Leigh 110 70
    99. Susan Parnell 220 80
    100. Violet 220 60
    101. Solomon 170 80
    102. Anne Frances 180 70
    103. George Bonaventure 200 90
    104. Jane Bonaventure 100 50
    105. Vineyard 160 60 106. Samuel 140 50
    107. White Lion 140 50
    108. Disdain 80 45
    109. Lark 50 20
    110. Edward of Maldon 186 30
    111. Marigold 30 12
    112. Black Dog 20 10
    113. Katherine 20 10
    114. Fancy 50 20
    115. Pippin 20 8
    116. Nightingale 160 16
    117. Mary Rose ? 70
    118. Elizabeth Bonaventure ? 60
    119. Pelican ? 50
    120. Hope ? 40 21. Unity ? 40
    122. Pearl ? 50
    123. Elizabeth of Leigh ? 60
    124. Jhon of London ? 70
    125. Bearsabe? ? 60
    126. Marigold ? 50
    127. White Hind ? 40
    128. Gift of God ? 40
    129. Jonas ? 40
    130. Solomon of Aldeborough ? 60
    131. Richard Duffield ? 70
    132. Bark Webb 80 50
    133. John Trelawney 150 30
    134. Hart of Dartmouth 60 70
    135. Bark Potts 180 60
    136. Little John 40 20
    137. Bartholomew of Apsam 130 70
    138. Rose of Apsam 110 50
    139. Gift of Apsam 25 20
    140. Jacob of Lyme 90 50
    141. Revenge of Lyme 60 30
    142. Bark of Bridgewater 70 30
    143. Crescent of Dartmouth 140 75
    144. Galleon of Weymouth 100 50
    145. John of Chichester 70 50
    146. Ketherine of Weymouth 66 30
    147. Heart Anne 60 30
    148. Minion of Bristol 230 110
    149. Unicorn of Bristol 130 66
    150. Handmaid of Bristol 80 56
    151. Aid of Bristol 60 26
    152. Daniel 160 70
    153. Galleon Hutchins 150 60
    154. Bark Lamb 150 60
    155. Fancy 60 30
    156. Griffin 70 35
    157. Little Have 50 25
    158. Handmaid 75 35
    159. Marigold of Hull 150 70
    160. Matthew 35 16
    161. Susan 40 20
    162. William of Ipswich 140 50
    163. Katherine of Ipswich 125 50
    164. Primrose of Harwich 120 40
    165. Anne Bonaventure 60 50
    166. William of Rye 80 60
    167. Grace of God of Dover 50 30
    168. Elizabeth of Dover 120 70
    169. Robin of Sandwich 110 65
    170. Hazard of Feversham 38 34
    171. Grace of Yarmouth 150 70
    172. Mayflowe of Kings Lynn 150 70
    173. William of Colchester 100 50
    174. John Young 60 30
    175. Sampson 300 108
    176. Frances of Fowey 140 60
    177. Heatham of Weymouth 60 30
    178. Golden Rial of Weymouth 120 50
    179. Bark Sutton of Weymouth 70 40
    180. Carouse 50 25
    181. Samaritan of Dartmouth 250 100
    182. William of Plymouth 120 60
    183. Gallego of Plymouth 30 20
    184. Bark Halse 60 40
    185. Unicorm of Dartmouth 76 30
    186. Grace of Apsam 100 50
    187. Thomas Bonaventure of Lyme 60 30
    188. Rat of Wight 80 60
    189. Margaret 60 40
    190. Elizabeth 40 30
    191. Raphael 40 40
    192. Fly-Boat 60 40
    193. John of Barnstaple ? 65
    194. Greyhound of Aldeborough ? 40
    195. Elizabeth of Lowestoft 90 30
    196. Jonas of Aldeborough ? 25
    197. Fortune of Aldeborough ? 25