HMS Crown (1654)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	Taunton
Builder:	Castle, Rotherhithe
Launched:	1654
Renamed:	HMS Crown, 1660
Fate:	Wrecked, 1719
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	Ruby-class frigate
Tons burthen:	536 long tons (544.6 t)
Length:	104 ft (31.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	40 guns (1660); 48 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	46-54-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	652 long tons (662.5 t)
Length:	126 ft 8 in (38.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 5.5 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	46-54 guns of various weights of shot

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Crown.

Taunton was a 40-gun fourth rate Ruby-class frigate of the Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Rotherhithe, and launched in 1654.^[1]

After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, her name was changed to HMS Crown. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns.^[1] In 1704, Crown underwent a rebuild at Deptford Dockyard, from where she was relaunched as a fourth rate ship of the line of between 46 and 54 guns.^[2]

Crown was wrecked in 1719.^[2]