HMS Dreadnought (1573)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Dreadnought |
| Launched: | 1573 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1648 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 41-gun Galleon |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 41 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1592 rebuild | |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| General characteristics after 1614 rebuild[1] | |
| Class and type: | 32-gun Middling ship |
| Tons burthen: | 450 tons (457 tonnes) |
| Length: | 84 ft (26 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 32 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dreadnought.
HMS Dreadnought was a 41-gun galleon of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1573. Dreadnought was part of the English fleet that fought the Spanish Armada.
She was rebuilt for the first time in 1592, and again at Deptford in 1614 as a middling ship of 32 guns.[1]
Dreadnought was broken up in 1648.[1]
There is a non-floating reproduction of the Dreadnought built by Mike Breza at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Though on the faire grounds it is entirely owned by Mr. Breza. The ship appears on the cover of Bounding Main's CD, "Going Overboard."
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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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