HMS York (1654)
Marston Moor was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1654.[1]
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Name: | Marston Moor |
Builder: | Johnson, Blackwall Yard |
Launched: | 1654 |
Renamed: | HMS York, 1660 |
Fate: | Wrecked, 1703 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Speaker-class frigate |
Length: | 116 ft (35.4 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m) |
Depth of hold: | 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677) |
After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS York. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. York was wrecked in 1703.[1]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, 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 0-85177-252-8.
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