English ship Nonsuch (1646)
Nonsuch was a 38-gun fourth rate frigate of the English Navy, built by Peter Pett I at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1646.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | HMS Nonsuch |
| Ordered: | December 1645 |
| Builder: | Peter Pett I, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched: | 1646 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1664 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 34-gun fourth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 418 44⁄94 bm |
| Length: | 98 ft 0 in (29.9 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 4 in (8.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 38 guns of various weights of shot |
Nonsuch was wrecked in 1664.[2]
Notes
- Winfield 2009, p. 91
- Lavery 2003, p. 159
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References
- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
- Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848320406.
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