HMS Royal Oak (1664)
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Name: | HMS Royal Oak |
Builder: | Tippets, Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched: | 1664 |
Fate: | Burnt, 1667 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 76-gun second rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1021 tons (1037.4 tonnes) |
Length: | 121 ft (37 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m) |
Depth of hold: | 17 ft 1½ in (5.2 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 76 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Royal Oak.
HMS Royal Oak was a 76-gun second rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1664 at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]
Royal Oak was burnt by the Dutch during their Raid on the Medway in 1667.[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.