Maritime record TQ 76 NE 1385 - Prosperous

PROSPEROUS, horseboat, Built Chatham, 1665, 50ft x 16ft, 68 tons. Burnt by the Dutch 1667. (1)

The PROSPEROUS hoy, 68 tons, built at Chatham 1666, found by the Dutch near the chain, and set on fire by them on 12-JUN-1667. (2)

12-JUN-1667: A dockyard hoy found by the Dutch fleet near the defence boom chain across the river near Gillingham, set on fire, and sunk. (3)

A horse-boat at the chain, the PROSPEROUS, was burnt by the Dutch. She was valued by James Norman, Clerk of the Survey at Chatham, on 17 August 1667, in a letter sent to Pepys, at £150. (4)

PROSPEROUS, hoy, 68 tons BM. Built Chatham Dockyard 1665. Burnt June 1667 by the Dutch at Chatham. (5)

Described as a horseboat in source (1): 'A ferry-boat for conveying horses or carriages' [OED]; sources (2) and (3) state the vessel type as a hoy.

Built: 1665 (1)(5); 1666 (2)(3)
Where Built: Chatham (1)(2)(3)(5)
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.