English ship Foresight (1570)
Foresight[Note 1] was a 28-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy, built by Mathew Baker at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1570. It was a radical innovation over contemporary ships. When John Hawkins became Treasurer of the Navy in 1577, he had sailed all over the world, and his ideas contributed to the production of a new race-built series of galleons - of which the Foresight was the first - without the high fore- and after-castles prevalent in earlier galleons; these "marvels of marine design" could reputedly "run circles around the clumsier Spanish competition."[1] As such, the Foresight was part of the English fleet which destroyed most of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | Foresight |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1570 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1604 |
| Notes: | Captain Christopher Baker, who commanded the ship Foresight in the 1588 Spanish Armada for the Royal British Fleet. |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 41-gun galleon |
| Tons burthen: | 294 tons |
| Length: | 78 ft (24 m)(keel) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Complement: | 160 |
| Armament: | 28 guns of various weights of shot |
She was broken up in 1604.
Notes
- The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively
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References
Citations
- Boot, Max (2006). War Made New. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-59240-315-8.
Bibliography
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.
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