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*Lavery, Brian (1983) ”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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* An itinerary of our voyage from the Booy of Noore, 1673″ Ms Rawl. c.353. Special collections. Bodleian Library

* An itinerary of our voyage from the Booy of Noore, 1673″ Ms Rawl. c.353. Special collections. Bodleian Library

{{Commons category|HMS Mary Rose (ship, 1654)}}

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Frigate of the Royal Navy

HMS Mary Rose in battle with seven Algerine pirate ships, 1669.

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
Name Maidstone
Namesake
Builder Munday, Woodbridge
Launched 1654
Renamed Mary Rose, 1660
Captured 1691, by the French
French Royal Navy EnsignFrance
Acquired 1691
General characteristics [1]
Class & type Fourth-rate frigate
Tons burthen 556
Length 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold 13 ft (4.0 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 40 guns (1660); 48 guns (1677)
The Mary Rose Action, 28 December 1669, by Willem van de Velde the Younger

The Maidstone was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woodbridge, and launched in 1654.[1]

After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to Mary Rose. By 1677 the ships armament was increased to 48 guns. She was used in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the War of the Grand Alliance. John Kempthorne commanded her in 1669, and fought off an attack by seven Algerian corsair ships in the aftermath of the Battle of Cádiz. Thomas Hamilton commanded the Mary Rose between 1673 and 1675.Mary Rose was captured by the French in 1691.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 160.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • “An itinerary of our voyage from the Booy of Noore, 1673” Ms Rawl. c.353. Special collections. Bodleian Library. University of Oxford.

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