List of ship launches in the 1630s

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The list of ship launches in the 1630s includes a chronological list of some ships launched from 1630 to 1639.

CountryBuilderLocationShipClass / typeNotes
1630Flag of England.svg  England The Ark Merchant ship
4 July 1631 Flag of England.svg Massachusetts Bay Colony Robert Molton New Bedford Blessing of the Bay Barque Second ship built in the United States. [1] [2]
1631Flag of England.svg  England Bright Woolwich Vanguard WarshipFor Royal Navy [3]
1632Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic Jan Salomonszoon Rotterdam Aemelia Ship of the line Largest Dutch ship of its time [4]
1632Flag of England.svg  England Peter Pett Woolwich Charles Second-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy [3]
1633Flag of England.svg  England Charles Man-of-war For Royal Navy. [5]
1633Pavillon royal de la France.svg  Kingdom of France Isaac de Razilly La Roche-Bernard Couronne Emblematic shipFor French Navy. [6]
1633Flag of England.svg  England Deptford Dockyard London Henrietta Maria Second-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy. [3] [5]
1634Flag of England.svg  England Deptford Dockyard London James Second-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy. [3]
1634Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic Princess Amelia Merchant shipFor Dutch West India Company. [7]
1634Flag of England.svg  England Edward Boate Woolwich Unicorn Second-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy. [3]
1635Flag of England.svg  England Peter Pett Woolwich Leopard Third-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy. [3]
20 March 1637Flag of England.svg  England Matthew Graves Bermondsey Expedition Pinnace For Royal Navy. [8]
13 October 1637Flag of England.svg  England Peter Pett Woolwich Sovereign of the Seas First-rate ship of the line For Royal Navy. [3]
Unknown dateStatenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic Het Fliegende Hert Sloop For private owner. [9]
Unknown dateFlag of England.svg  England Griffin Transport ship For private owner

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HMS Warwick was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, one of four ordered in September 1694 to be built by commercial contracts; eight further ships of this type were ordered on 24 December. The Warwick was built by Robert and John Castle at their Deptford shipyard and launched on 20 August 1696.

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References

  1. ↑ Hall, Henry, Special Agent (1884). Report on the Ship-Building Industry of the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p.  46. OCLC   5035739 . Retrieved 2021-04-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Early American Shipbuilding". Manchester Times. Manchester. 3 July 1875.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8.
  4. ↑ James Bender, Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2014) ISBN   978-1-84832-157-1.
  5. 1 2 "The Literary Examiner". The Examiner. No. 2887. London. 30 May 1863.
  6. ↑ Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4738-9351-1.
  7. ↑ Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America. First Edition. New York City: Vintage Books (a Division of Random House, 2004), p.179. ISBN   1-4000-7867-9
  8. ↑ British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603 – 1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © Rif Winfield 2009, EPUB ISBN   978-1-78346-924-6
  9. ↑ The Kalmar Nyckel; A Guide to the Ship and Her History. The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, Wilmington D.E. URL: http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/docs/knf_guidebook.pdf
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