HMS Repulse (1596)

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Name: HMS Repulse
Launched: 1596
Fate: Broken up, 1645
General characteristics as built
Class and type: 40-48 gun ship
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 40-48 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1610 rebuild[1]
Class and type: 40-gun Great ship
Tons burthen: 700 tons (711.2 tonnes)
Length: 97 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 40 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Repulse, sometimes written as Due Repulse, was a 40/48-gun ship of the English Royal Navy, launched circa 1596.

Repulse was rebuilt in 1610 as a Great ship of 40 guns.[1] She was broken up in 1645.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.

[edit] References

  • 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.