HMS Bonaventure (1621)

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Name: HMS Bonaventure
Builder: Burrell, Deptford
Launched: 1621
Fate: Blown up, 1653
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Middling ship
Length: 96 ft (29 m) (keel)
Beam: 32 ft 5 in (9.9 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship

HMS Bonaventure was a middling ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1621.[1]

Bonaventure was blown up in action in 1653.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.

[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.