HMS Portsmouth (1650)

A port-quarter view portrait of the Portsmouth (Willem van de Velde, ca. 1675)
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NamePortsmouth
BuilderEastwood, Portsmouth
Launched1650
FateBlown up, 1689
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFourth-rate frigate
Length99 ft (30.2 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament38 guns (at launch); 46 guns (1677)
Commodore Richard Beach and Dutch Admiral Van Ghent in a joint task force destroy six Barbary ships near Cape Spartel, Morocco, 17 August 1670, Portsmouth is the foremost ship shown

Portsmouth was a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1650.[1]

By 1677 her armament had been increased to 46 guns. Portsmouth was blown up in action in 1689.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.