English ship Nonsuch (1646)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Nonsuch
OrderedDecember 1645
BuilderPeter Pett I, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1646
FateWrecked, 1664
General characteristics
Class and type34-gun fourth rate frigate
Tons burthen418 4494 bm
Length98 ft 0 in (29.9 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament38 guns of various weights of shot

Nonsuch was a 38-gun fourth rate frigate of the English Navy, built by at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1646.[1]

Nonsuch was wrecked in 1664.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Winfield 2009, p. 91
  2. ^ Lavery 2003, p. 159

References[]

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
  • Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848320406.


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