HMS Breda (1654)
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Name | Nantwich |
Builder | Baylie, Bristol |
Launched | 1654 |
Renamed | HMS Breda, 1660 |
Fate | Wrecked, 1666 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | frigate |
Tons burthen | 511 |
Length | 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel) |
Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 40 guns of various weights of shot |
The Nantwich was a 40-gun Fourth rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Bristol, and launched in 1654.[1]
After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Breda. She was wrecked in 1666.[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.
Categories:
- Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
- Ships built in Bristol
- Shipwrecks
- 1650s ships
- 17th-century maritime incidents
- Maritime incidents in 1666
- United Kingdom ship of the line stubs