English ship Reserve (1650)

She was ordered in December 1649 to be built under contract by Peter Pett II at Woodbridge on the River Thames. She was launched in 1650. Her dimensions were gundeck with keel for tonnage with a breadth of and a depth of hold of . Her tonnage was tons. She was remeasured at a later date and her dimensions changed to gundeck with keel for tonnage with a breadth of and a depth of hold of . Her tonnage was 573 tons. Her gun armament in 1653 was 44 guns. In 1666 her armament was 48 guns and consisted of twenty-two culverins on the lower deck (LD), twenty demi-culverines on the upper deck and six sakers on the quarterdeck (QD). In 1685 her guns were established at 48 guns. She now carried twenty-two culverins, twenty-two demi-culverins and four sakers Her manning was 180 personnel in 1653 and 1666. or 513 tons @ £6.10.0d per ton. ==Commissioned service==

Service in the Commonwealth Navy She was commissioned in 1650 under the command of Captain Robert Clarke for the North Coast. Later in 1653 she was under Captain Robert Taylor. In 1654 Captain Robert Plumleigh was in command for operations in the Sound in 1659. Then she sailed to Newfoundland for fishery protection in 1660. She arrived at the Four Days' Battle on 4 June 1666 with Prince Rupert's Squadron as a member of the Rear Division. She partook in the St James Day Battle as a member of Blue Squadron, Rear Division on 25 July 1666. Captain Ralph Lassels held command from 23 September 1666 until 19 January 1667 when Captain Christopher Gunman took over. The Second Anglo-Dutch War ended on 31 July 1667. Afterwards she escorted a convoy to Newfoundland in 1693. In 1694 she was under command of Captain James Lance at the Nore. In 1696 she came under command of Captain John Moses who first went to Jamaica in 1696, then to Newfoundland in 1697. She was placed for sale in 1698, however, she was ordered rebuilt at Deptford in 1701. Under the 1703 Establishment her armament was 50 guns wartime and 46 guns peacetime and consisted of twenty/eighteen 12-pounder guns on the lower deck (LD), twenty/eighteen 6-pounder guns on the upper deck, six/four 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck (QD) and two 6-pounder guns on the foc's'le (Fc). Her manning under the 1703 Establishment was 230/200/160 personnel. Service after 1700-01 Rebuild She was commissioned in 1702 under the command of Captain Richard Haddock for service with Leake's squadron in Newfoundland waters. In 1703 she was under command of Captain John Anderson. ==Loss==

She foundered off Yarmouth on 27 November 1703 during the Great Storm of 1703. ==Notes==