HMS Lion (1557)

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Career (England)

Name:	HMS Golden Lion
Launched:	1557
Renamed:	HMS Lion
Fate:	Sold, 1698
General characteristics as built
Propulsion:	Sails
General characteristics after 1582 rebuild
Propulsion:	Sails
General characteristics after 1609 rebuild^[1]
Class and type:	38-gun Great ship
Tons burthen:	650 tons (660.4 tonnes)
Length:	91 ft (28 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	38 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1640 rebuild^[2]
Tons burthen:	626 tons (636 tonnes)
Length:	95 ft (29 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft (10 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
General characteristics after 1658 rebuild^[3]
Class and type:	48-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	717 tons (728.5 tonnes)
Length:	112 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam:	35 ft 4 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	48 guns of various weights of shot

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

HMS Golden Lion (also sometimes Red Lion) was a ship of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1557. She was rebuilt for the first time in 1582.

By the time of her second rebuild, in 1609, she was known as HMS Lion. She was rebuilt at Deptford as a Great ship of 38 guns.^[1] In 1640 she was rebuilt again, this time at Woolwich.^[2] She was rebuilt for a final time at Chatham in 1658, as a 48-gun third rate ship of the line.^[3] By 1677 Lion was mounting 60 guns.^[3]