HMS Unity (1665)
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Career (England) | |
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Name: | HMS Unity |
Acquired: | Captured from the Dutch 1665 |
Fate: | Recaptured by the Dutch 11 June 1667 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type: | 42-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 303 tons (307 tonnes) |
Length: | 95 ft (29 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Depth of hold: | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Complement: | 150 (wartime) |
Armament: | 42 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Unity.
HMS Unity was a 42-gun Fourth Rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, formerly the Dutch warship Eendracht captured from the Dutch on 22 February 1665 by the English warships Yarmouth, Diamond and Mermaid.[citation needed]
Unity was commissioned on 1665 under Captain Thomas Trafford. In 1667 she became a Guard Ship at Sheerness, but was recaptured by the Dutch warship Vrede during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667.[citation needed]
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