"A List of the King's Ships, Anno 1633.*"

"Established by the Lords of the Council for the measuring His Majesty's Ships, Whitehall.*".	Length of the Keel.	Tons.	Highest Number of Men.	Guns.
"Great Ships.*"	Feet.
Prince Royal	115	1187	500	55
Mer Honour	112	828	400	40
An: Royal	107	776 or 726	400	44
Triumph	110	792	350	44
St. George	110	783	300	44
St. Andrew	110	764	300	42
Dieu Repulse	108	876	300	40
Defiance	104	751	280	38
Vanguard	112	746	280	40
Swiftsure	106	731	300	44
Rainbow	112	742	270	40
Reformation	106	721	280	40
Victory	106	702	300	40
Warspight	97	810	250	36
Charles	105	793	300	44
H. Mari	106	875	300	42
James	110	767	300	48
Unicorn	107	512	250	49
Leopard	103	698	250	36
Red Lion	103	619	250	40
Nonsuch	88	610	250	38
Assurance	104	621	250	34
Convertine	96	567	250	34
Bonadventure	96	552	200	32
Garland	96	557	200	34
Dreadnought	92	539	200	30
Happy Entrance	96	528	200	30
St. Dennis	104	512	200	38
Antelope	92	321	180	38
Mary Rose	83	287	120	26
Adventure	88	512	120	24
Swallow	103	186 or 136	250	36
1st Whelp	62	186	70	14
2d Whelp	62	186	70	14
3d Ditto	62	186	70	14
4th Ditto	62	186	70	14
5th Ditto	62	186	70	14
6th Ditto	62	186	70	14
7th Ditto	62	186	70	14
8th Ditto	62	186	70	14
9th Ditto	62	186	70	14
10th Ditto	62	186	70	14
Providence	58	89	30	8
Expedition	58	89	30	8
Henrietta**	52	68	25	6
Madrid	52	68	25	6
Roebuck	58	80	30	8
Greyhound	58	80	30	8
Swan Frigate	40	60	10	3
Nicodemus Frigate	40	60	10	3
In all 50 Ships, &c.		23695 or 23595	9470	1430

* The words between the inverted commas are precisely as they are inserted in vol. 5, p. 267, of Pepys's Miscellanies, from whence the whole of this List is taken, except the spelling of the names, which is here modernized. — It does not appear where the distinction of Great Ships was meant to stop.

** Was built for a Pinnace.

MEM°.—This is the earliest List of the Navy I have met with, wherein any part of the Ships principal dimensions are inserted, it was thought advisable to insert them here. And it may be observed, that this is the first List in which any nice regard appears to have been paid to the tonnage of the Ships. Previous to 1633, the tonnage of almost every Ship seems to have been rather estimated than calculated, being inserted in even numbers.

Charles Derrick: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy.
Blacks & Parry; Cadell & Davies; G. & W. Nicol; H. Teape, London, 1806. pp 59-61.

Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius

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