HMS Assurance (1646)

The Fairfax (at the forefront), with Elizabeth astern of her, and Assurance or Tiger to their left, a painting attributed to Isaac Sailmaker. A ship is missing as part of the picture has been lost.
History
England
Name	HMS Assurance
Builder	Peter Pett I, Deptford
Launched	1646
Fate	Sold, 1698
Notes	Participated in: Holmes's Bonfire
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	32-gun fourth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	340 bm
Length	89 ft (27 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	32 guns (at launch); 40 guns (1677)

HMS Assurance was a 32-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, built by at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1646.^[1] The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century.

Samuel Pepys states in his diary that Assurance sank near Woolwich during a storm in December 1660, with the loss of twenty men.^[2] He visited the site a few days later.^[3] The ship was subsequently refloated by 17 December.^[4]

In August 1666, Assurance participated in the raid on a large Dutch merchant fleet in the Vlie estuary that became known as Holmes's Bonfire. By 1667, Assurance's armament had been increased to 40 guns.^[1]

Assurance was sold out of the navy in 1698.^[1]

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