English ship Merhonour (1590)
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Name | Merhonour |
Builder | Woolwich Dockyard |
Launched | 1590 |
Reinstated | 1615 after rebuilding |
Fate | Sold, 1650 |
General characteristics as built [1] | |
Tons burthen | 692 bm |
Length | 100 ft (30 m) (keel) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
Complement | 400 (by 1603) |
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General characteristics after 1615 rebuild[Note 1][1] | |
Class and type | 40-gun royal ship |
Tons burthen | 865 bm |
Length | 112 ft (34 m) (keel) |
Beam | 38 ft 7 in (11.76 m) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft 5 in (5.00 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 400 |
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Merhonour[Note 2] was a ship of the Tudor navy of England. It was built in 1590 by Mathew Baker at Woolwich Dockyard, and was rebuilt by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich between 1612 and 1615, being relaunched on 6 March 1615 as a 40-gun royal ship.[1] It was then laid up at Chatham, only briefly returning to service in the 1630s. It was nevertheless considered to be one of the fastest ships in the Navy.[1]
Merhonour was sold out of the navy in 1650.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Lavery's details are challenged by both Colledge, and Winfield. Both describe a 1590 build date at Woolwich, while Winfield describes in detail the armament and dimensions both as launched and after the 1615 rebuild.
- ^ The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the eighteenth century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.