HMS Montagu (1660)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameLyme
Namesake
BuilderJohn Tippetts, Portsmouth
Launched1654
RenamedHMS Montagu, 1660
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type Speaker-class frigate
Tons burthen764 bm
Length117 ft (35.7 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 2 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft (4.6 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament52 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1698 rebuild [2]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen905 bm
Length143 ft 10 in (43.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam37 ft 8 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild [3]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen920 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Lyme was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1654. [1]

After the Restoration in 1660 she was renamed HMS Montagu in honour of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, who died in 1644 after being imprisoned for supporting King Charles I. She was widened in 1675 [1] and underwent her first rebuild in 1698 at Woolwich Dockyard as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. [2] Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 26 July 1716 as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment. [3]

The Montagu was broken up in 1749. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.
  2. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.

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