HMS Larke (1675)

She was commissioned in June 1675 for trade protection, she patrolled the North Sea and Channel with her final service with the Fleet.

[3][Note 1] Her initial armament was listed as fourteen to sixteen 6-pounder muzzle-loading smoothbore guns mounted on trucks and two minion cannons.

[4] A minion cannon was a muzzle-loading smoothbore 1,000-pound gun with a 3+1⁄2-inch bore firing a 4-pound shot with a 4-pound powder charge.

A saker cannon was a muzzle-loading smoothbore 1,400-pound gun with a 3+1⁄2-inch bore firing a 5+1⁄2-inch shot with a 5+1⁄2-pound powder charge.

[6] Her first commission was on 19 June 1675 under the command of Henry Priestman, RN for service in the Mediterranean.

[7] Captain William Trelawney, RN took command on 6 February 1678 for service in Home Waters until his death on 21 August 1679.

In 1679 she was under the command of Captain Greenville Collins, RN while attending on Trinity House.

Captain William Gifford, RN was in command from 22 April 1682 until 22 February 1684 for service at Sale.