HMS Fairfax (1653)
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Career (England) | |
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Name: | HMS Fairfax |
Builder: | John Taylor, Chatham |
Launched: | 1653 |
Fate: | Wrecked, 1682 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Speaker-class frigate |
Tons burthen: | 756 long tons (768.1 t) |
Length: | 118 ft (36.0 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 34 ft 9 in (10.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 52 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Fairfax.
HMS Fairfax was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by John Taylor at Chatham and launched in 1653.[1] She retained her name after the Restoration in 1660.
Fairfax was wrecked in 1682.[1]
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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.