HMS Dunkirk (1651)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dunkirk and HMS Worcester.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameWorcester
Namesake
BuilderBurrell II, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched1651
RenamedHMS Dunkirk, 1660
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type48-gun third rate frigate
Tons burthen662 bm
Length112 ft (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold14 ft (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament48 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild[2]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen906 bm
Length141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 7.5 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1734 rebuild[3]
Class and type1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen966 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Worcester was a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.[1]

After the Restoration in 1660, it was renamed HMS Dunkirk. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.[1] In 1704 it underwent a rebuild at Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.[2] On 12 September 1729 Dunkirk was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth, and rebuilt by Joseph Allin the younger as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1719 Establishment. It was relaunched on 3 September 1734.[3]

Dunkirk was broken up in 1749.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
  2. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
  3. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.