HMS Charles (1632)

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Career (England) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Charles
Builder: Peter Pett I, Woolwich
Launched: 1632
Fate: Wrecked, 1650
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 44-gun second rank ship of the line
Tons burthen: 810 tons (823 tonnes)
Length: 105 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Charles was a 44-gun second rank ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, built by Peter Pett I at Woolwich and launched in 1632.[1]

Charles was wrecked in 1650.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 158.

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.