Lyon's Whelp

Lyon's Whelp or Lion's Whelp is the name of a historical British ship, it is also found in the Bible in Genesis 49:9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp." Popular today, the name was given to a series of 16th-century naval ships, then in the 17th century to a fleet of ten full rigged pinnaces commissioned by the first Duke of Buckingham.

A ship from the time of Charles I of England, before 1649
History
England
NameLion's Whelp
Ordered28 February 1628
Laid downMarch 1628
Launchedlate July, 1628
AcquiredDuke of Buckingham, July, 1628; Royal Navy, 1632
Commissioned1632
In service1628 to 1632 to 1654
Out of service1628 to 1632 to 1654
FateVarious
NotesJohn Graves built eighth and ninth Whelps. Phineas Pett's certificates of works done have survived for all Whelps except the ninth.
General characteristics
Type3-masted pinnace, auxiliary oared warship
Displacement186 tons 180 long tons (183 t)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Depth of hold9 ft (2.7 m)
PropulsionSweeps (two oars between each cannon port).
Armament9 broadside cannons, 2 sternchase gunports
NotesThe Whelps were classed as ships "of the sixth rank"
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