Maritime record TQ 76 NE 1384 - Mayflower

MAYFLOWER, ex. Irish FAME, blown up and sold as a wreck 1658. (1)

Originally an Irish Royalist prize vessel named FAME, blown up and sold as a wreck on Admiralty orders. (2)

Source (2) gives the date of loss as 1659.

FAME, Irish Royalist 20-gun ship, purchased 1646, captured by Parliament 1649, blown up 1658. (3, p.203)

MAYFLOWER, Royalist FAME captured 1659 by Parliament, blown up 1658. (3, p.352)

'To be boatswain of the frigate building at Deptford, the MAYFLOWER being paid off 14 Oct., blown up by their orders, and sunk at Deptford.' (4)

Built/Acquired: 1649 (1)(2)(3, p.352); purchased 1646, captured 1649 (3, p.203)
Armament: 14 to 20 cannon (1)(2); 20 (3, both entries)
Owner: Royal Navy [all sources]

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> Lists of Men of War 1650-1700 Part 1: English Sips 1649-1702 (Monograph). SKE6710.

<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> J J Colledge, 1989, Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 1 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6390.

<4> Calendar of State Papers Domestic (Bibliographic reference). SKE6354.