HMS Anne (1654)
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History | |
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Name | Bridgewater |
Namesake | |
Builder | Chamberlain, Deptford |
Launched | 1654 |
Renamed | HMS Anne, 1660 |
Fate | Accidentally blown up, 1673 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Speaker-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 743 |
Length | 116 ft 9 in (35.6 m) (keel) |
Beam | 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 52 guns of various weights of shot |
Bridgewater was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in 1654.[1]
After the Restoration in 1660, her name was changed to HMS Anne. It was named after Anne Hyde. The ship was accidentally blown up in 1673.[1] Its reconstruction was carried out during the second Dutch war by Christopher Pett in Woolwich.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
- ^ "Royal Navy Ship of the Line".
References
[edit]- 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.