David, Unfortunately the National Archives do not seem to have the captains log for this HMS Phoenix as this would show the voyages. A major role of the navy was to patrol and project the trade routes from the other colonial powers - France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands etc. as well as pirates' They also provided escorts for troop and treasure ships. The Maritime museum gives the following: "In the 17th and 18th centuries there were six Royal Navy dockyards in England, at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth and Plymouth. There were also a number of outports in England and overseas yards, including Gibraltar, Halifax and Jamaica." It would be worth downloading http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/royal-navy-operat ions-1660-1914.htm 1660 was when Samuel Pepys re-organised the navy. Paul -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David L. Langenberg Sent: 29 January 2014 23:32 To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] H.M.S. Phoenix Thanks, Margaret, for the suggestion, but the only Phoenix listed there in the right time period (1647) [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(1647)] was a warship and there is nothing in the article to indicate that it was engaged in the "triangular trade" between England, the Caribbean, and the American colonies. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Jan 29, 2014, at 12:57 AM, Margaret Baensch wrote: > Hello David, > > There is an entry for "List of Ships Names of the Royal Navy" on Wikipedia. > Link to alphabetical entries. Th entry O-Q gives information on all R.N. > Ships with the name "Phoenix" > > Hope this is helpful. > > Margaret in Australia. > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( > http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS > (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message