HMS Anne (1654)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameBridgewater
Namesake
BuilderChamberlain, Deptford
Launched1654
RenamedHMS Anne, 1660
FateAccidentally blown up, 1673
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSpeaker-class frigate
Tons burthen743
Length116 ft 9 in (35.6 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament52 guns of various weights of shot

Bridgewater was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in 1654.[1]

After the Restoration in 1660, her name was changed to HMS Anne. It was named after Anne Hyde. The ship was accidentally blown up in 1673.[1] Its reconstruction was carried out during the second Dutch war by Christopher Pett in Woolwich.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
  2. ^ "Royal Navy Ship of the Line".