Peter Pomegranate

Peter Pomegranate was a warship of the English Tudor navy, built in 1510. Her name most likely was in honour of Saint Peter and the badge of Queen Catherine of Aragon, a pomegranate.[1]

Peter Pomegranate as depicted in the Anthony Roll.
History
England
NamePeter Pomegranate (from 1536 Peter)
BuilderPortsmouth
Launched1510
Commissioned1510
Refitrebuilt and enlarged 1536
Honours and
awards
FateUnknown, last mentioned in 1558
General characteristics
Tons burthen600
Complement185 soldiers, 185 sailors, 30 gunners
Armament36 cannons, 66 swivel guns

History

She had a tonnage of 450 when first built. In 1536 she was rebuilt and enlarged to a tonnage of 600. At that date the name was shortened to Peter (Catherine had fallen out of grace; she died in 1536). The ship's fate is not recorded, but she was last mentioned in records in 1558.[2] Peter Pomegranate was a contemporary of the Mary Rose and, commanded by John Clere, took part in the Battle of the Solent on 19 July 1545 when the Mary Rose was lost.[3]

Named in full in the roster as "Peter Pomgarnarde", she joined Edward Clinton's invasion fleet against Scotland in August 1547.[4] According to an inventory of 1547, the rebuilt Peter had 185 sailors, 185 soldiers, and 30 gunners. Her armaments included; 2 brass demi-cannons; 2 brass culverins; 4 brass demi-culverins; 4 brass sakers; an iron culverin; 3 iron sakers; 9 iron port pieces; 37 iron bases; and 11 hagbuts. There were also 259 yew bows, 160 bills; and 160 Moorish pikes.[5]

See also

References
  1. Childs, David, The Warship Mary Rose: The Life and Times of King Henry VIII's Flagship Chatham Publishing, London. 2007. ISBN 978-1-86176-267-2, p. 17; Marsden, Peter (editor), Your Noblest Shippe: Anatomy of a Tudor Warship. The Archaeology of the Mary Rose, Volume 2. The Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9544029-2-1, pp. 5, 379
  2. Rodger, N. A. M. (2004). The Safeguard of the Sea. London: Penguin Books. pp. 476–477. ISBN 0-14-029724-3.
  3. C. S. Knighton & David Loades, Navy of Edward VI and Mary I (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 535.
  4. Calendar of State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (1898), 12, no. 29.
  5. Starkey, David, ed., Inventory of Henry VIII, vol 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), nos. 7165, 7252-7273.


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