HMS Mary (1650)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | Speaker |
| Builder: | Christopher Pett, Woolwich |
| Launched: | 1650 |
| Renamed: | HMS Mary, 1660 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1703 |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class and type: | Speaker-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 727 long tons (738.7 t) |
| Length: | 116 ft (35.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 8 in (10.6 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 50 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677) |
| General characteristics after 1688 rebuild[2] | |
| Class and type: | 62-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 829 long tons (842.3 t) |
| Length: | 143 ft 3 in (43.7 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 8 in (11.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 62 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Speaker and HMS Mary.
Speaker was a 50-gun third rate frigate and the name ship of the Speaker-class, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Christopher Pett at Woolwich and launched in 1650.[1] At the Restoration she was renamed HMS Mary.[1] By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.[1]
In 1688 Mary was rebuilt by Thomas Shish at Woolwich Dockyard as a 62-gun third rate ship of the line.[2] Mary was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of 1703.[2]
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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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