HMS Plymouth (1653)

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English Red Ensign 1620.svg England
NameHMS Plymouth
Namesake Plymouth
BuilderTaylor, Wapping
Launched1653
Honours and
awards
FateFoundered, 1705
General characteristics as built [1]
Class and type Speaker-class frigate
Tons burthen7414994 (bm)
Length116 ft (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 8 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1705 rebuild [2]
Class and type60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen8333194 bm
Length140 ft 5 in (42.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Plymouth was a 52-gun third-rate frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England and launched at Wapping in 1653. [1] By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. [1]

Plymouth was rebuilt at Blackwall Yard in 1705 as a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line. [2] She sunk later that year and was lost. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
  2. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 167.

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