English ship Pelican (1650)

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Name: Pelican
Builder: Taylor, Wapping
Launched: 1650
Fate: Accidentally burned, 1656
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Elizabeth-class frigate
Tons burthen: 500 long tons (508.0 t)
Length: 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 36 guns (1652)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Pelican.

Pelican was a 36-gun fourth rate Elizabeth-class frigate of the navy of the Commonwealth of England, built at Wapping and launched in 1650.[1]

Pelican was accidentally burned in 1656.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160.

[edit] References

  • 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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