HMS St Patrick (1666)

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Career (England) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS St Patrick
Builder: Baylie, Bristol
Launched: 1666
Captured: 1667, Dutch Navy
Career (Dutch Republic) Dutch Navy Ensign
Name: Zwanenburg
Acquired: 1667
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 670 tons (680.8 tonnes)
Length: 109 ft (33 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 50 guns of various weights of shot

HMS St Patrick was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1666 at Bristol.

She was captured by the Dutch Navy in 1667, and commissioned as Zwanenburg.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.

[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.