English ship Lion (1557)

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English ship (Lion) c.1648, by Willem van de Velde the Elder
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Flag of England.svg England
NameGolden Lion
Launched1557
RenamedLion
FateSold, 1698
General characteristics as built
PropulsionSails
General characteristics after 1582 rebuild
PropulsionSails
General characteristics after 1609 rebuild [1]
Class and type38-gun great ship
Tons burthen650
Length91 ft (28 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Depth of hold16 ft (4.9 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament38 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1640 rebuild [2]
Tons burthen626
Length95 ft (29 m) (keel)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Depth of hold15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
General characteristics after 1658 rebuild [3]
Class and type48-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen717
Length112 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 4 in (10.77 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament48 guns of various weights of shot

Golden Lion (also sometimes Red Lion) [Note 1] was a ship of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1557. She was rebuilt for the first time in 1582.

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By the time of her second rebuild, in 1609, she was known as Lion. She was rebuilt at Deptford as a Great ship of 38 guns. [1]

In 1613 The Lion was appointed to escort Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James VI and I, and Frederick V of the Palatinate sailing in The Prince Royal from Margate to Ostend. [4]

In 1640 she was rebuilt again, this time at Woolwich. [2] She was rebuilt for a final time at Chatham in 1658, as a 48-gun third rate ship of the line. [3] By 1677 Lion was mounting 60 guns. [3]

She was sold out of the navy in 1698. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the Eighteenth Century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

Citations

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 158.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 159.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 160.
  4. ↑ Foedera, 7 (The Hague, 1739), p. 189

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