HMS Dunkirk (1651)

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Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: Worcester
Builder: Burrell II, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched: 1651
Renamed: HMS Dunkirk, 1660
Fate: Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 48-gun third rate frigate
Tons burthen: 662 long tons (672.6 t)
Length: 112 ft (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam: 32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 48 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 906 long tons (920.5 t)
Length: 141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 7.5 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1734 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 966 long tons (981.5 t)
Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

60 guns:

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Worcester was a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.[1]

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Dunkirk. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.[1] In 1704 she underwent a rebuild at Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.[2] On 12 September 1729 Dunkirk was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth, and rebuilt as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 3 September 1734.[3]

Dunkirk was broken up in 1749.[3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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.