English ship Nonsuch (1646)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Nonsuch
OrderedDecember 1645
BuilderPeter Pett I, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1646
Commissioned1646
Honours and
awards
  • Kentish Knock 1652
  • Portland 1653
  • Gabbard 1653
FateWrecked at Gibraltar 3 December 1664
General characteristics
Class and type34-gun fourth rate
Tons burthen418+4494 bm
Length98 ft 0 in (29.9 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament38 guns of various weights of shot

Nonsuch was a 32-gun fourth-rate of the English Navy, built by Peter Pett I at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1646. She was in the Parliamentary force during the English Civil War, then the Commonwealth Navy and was incorporated into the Royal Navy after the Restoration in 1660. During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she partook in the Battles of Krntish Knock, Portland and Gabbard. She was wreck at Gibraltar in 1664.[1]

Nonsuch was the second named ship since it was used for a 44-gun Galleon named Philip and Mary built in 1556, rebuilt in 1584 and renamed Nonpareil, then rebuilt in 1603 and renamed Nonsuch and sold in 1645.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield 2009
  2. ^ Colledge