HMS Portsmouth (1650)
A port-quarter view portrait of the Portsmouth (Willem van de Velde, ca. 1675) | |
History | |
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England | |
Name: | Portsmouth |
Builder: | Eastwood, Portsmouth |
Launched: | 1650 |
Fate: | Blown up, 1689 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Fourth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen: | 422 long tons (428.8 t) |
Length: | 99 ft (30.2 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Armament: | 38 guns (at launch); 46 guns (1677) |
Portsmouth was a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1650.[1]
By 1677 her armament had been increased to 46 guns. Portsmouth was blown up in action in 1689.[1]
Notes
References
- 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.
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