Steve Alvin sent this to me. I took the liberty of posting this query to the underwater archaeology list. From: [log in to unmask] >> >Do you know of any libraries on line that might have information on >> >British Ships of the late 1500's. Information like number of guns, >> >captain, log book availability, etc. >> > >> >I am interested in some that were stationed in Jamaica immediately after >> >the English take-over from the Spanish. Circa 1557 - 1559. Some names >> >are: HMS Grantham; HMS Indian; HMS Pearl(e); HMS Hector; HMS Cagway; >> >HMS Martson Moore >> > > >There is definately a problem here. My guess he means 17th or even 18th >century, not 16th century. There were no royal ships in commission with these >names in Tudor time. Anita Cohen-Williams Information Specialist Auto Club of Southern California ************************************** Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] **************************************