Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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A yacht which was greatly admired, and was imitated and improved by Commissioner Pett, who built a yacht for the King in 1661, which was called the “Jenny.” Queen Elizabeth had a yacht, and one was built by Phineas Pett in 1604.
The site of the
Gift to Charles from arch trade Rivals VOC: after Charles had a English version made; this poor Ship was then used by the Navy to transport the Bemedalled ones ashore ??.
Mary [named for his[Charles] Sister ]
Yacht (1m) L/B/D: 52 (keel)
Model of Mary
National Maritime Museum: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=SLR0369
The list of Navy vessels for December 1695 (House of Commons Journal) contains the following Yachts (still) in use
Name Men Guns
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Charlotte 30 8
Cleaveland
Fubbs 40 12
Henrietta 30 28
Isabella 45 8
Isle of Wight 6 4
Jemmy 4 4
Catharine 30 8
Merlin 30 8
Monmouth 40 8
Mary 30 8
Navy 35 8
Queenbrough 4 4
Soesdyke 35 8. Fal.
Squirrel 4
William&Mary 40 12
The Mary yacht.
On the 13th June 1661 Sandwich left to take over Tangier and bring over the Queen. He wrote…
“I took a barge at Privy Stairs at Whitehall and boarded the Mary yacht at Deptford about 12 o’clock and so sailed for the Downs, where I arrived on board the Royal James on Friday in the evening.”
Sandwich Journal (Anderson)