History
England [1]
Name	Peacock
Namesake	Captain James Peacock
Operator	Navy of the Commonwealth of England
Acquired	Captured October 1651
Fate	Sold by November 1658

Peacock was a fifth-rate warship of the Commonwealth of England's naval forces, the third of three such ships captured from Royalist forces during 1651 (the other two were Tresco and Bryer). She was formerly the Royalist Falcon, captured from them in October 1651 by the fourth rate Tiger and renamed after the Tiger's commander, Captain James Peacock. ^[1]

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• References

While fitted out as an 18-gun Fifth Rate, the Peacock was not recorded as commissioning at any time, and was sold by November 1658.

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References

• Rif Winfield (2009), British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 – 1714, by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, ISBN   978-1-84832-040-6, EPUB ISBN   978-1-78346-924-6, Chapter 5, The Fifth Rates
• Jim Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by James J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, EPUB ISBN   978-1-5267-9328-7, Section M (Mermaid)