Ex. DUNBAR; quoted as Second Rate.

Renamed HENRY in 1660, was set alight by accident when a seaman named Richard Wallis, dropped a lighted candle in the cockpit, which set fire to a pile of oakum, whilst the vessel was lying in ordinary at Chatham. Wallis made every attempt to put out the fire, but being an old man, and having been burnt in the attempt, the board at the subsequent court-martial were sympathetic to him. He was ordered to stand for an hour with his neck in a halter, the rope reeved to a gibbet. The boatswain, Mr Hawes, the senior officer on board at the time, was found guilty of neglect and ordered to be imprisoned 'during His Majestie's pleasure.' (1)(2)

DUNBAR, 3rd rate of 64 guns; 1082 tons BM. Built at Deptford 1656; renamed Henry 1660. Burnt by accident 1682. (3)

Built: 1656 (1)(2)(3)
Where Built: Deptford Dockyard (1)(2)(3)
Armament: 72 guns (1)(2); 64 guns (3)
Owner: Royal Navy [all sources]

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

Additional sources cited in Shipwreck Index of the British Isles:
SNR.Occ.Pub.No.5 Part 1 p18 (No.246)

<1> British Warship losses in the Age of Sail 1650-1859 (Monograph). SKE6713.

<2> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.

<3> Ships of the Royal Navy vol.1 (Monograph). SKE6711.