Crow was a 36-gun fourth rate vessel captured from the French by the English, She was captured on 9 September 1652 as the 36-gun Le Croissant. She was commissioned into the Parliamentary Naval Force as Crow. She was sold 1656.[1]
Crow was the only named vessel in the English or Royal Navy.[2]
Specifications
Her dimensional data is unknown. Her gun armament was 36 guns. Her manning was 140 personnel.[3]
Commissioned service
Service in the English Civil War and Commonwealth Navy
She was commissioned into the Parliamentary Navy in 1653 under the command of Captain Thomas Thompson until 1654. She was placed in ordinary in 1654,[4]