English ship Fairfax (1650)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | Fairfax |
| Builder: | Peter Pett I, Deptford |
| Launched: | 1650 |
| Fate: | Accidentally burnt, 1653 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Speaker-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 743 long tons (754.9 t) |
| Length: | 116 ft (35.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 9 in (10.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 52 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Fairfax.
Fairfax was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate of the Commonwealth of England, built by Peter Pett I at Deptford and launched in 1650.[1]
She was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1653.[1]
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- 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.
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