HMS Breda (1679)

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Name: HMS Breda
Builder: Betts, Harwich
Launched: 1679
Fate: Accidentally burnt, 1690
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,055 long tons (1,071.9 t)
Length: 150 ft 6 in (45.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Breda.

HMS Breda was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Harwich in 1679.[1]

Breda was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1690.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p162.

[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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