HMS Triumph (1623)

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Name: HMS Triumph
Builder: Burrell, Deptford
Launched: 1623
Fate: Sold, 1688
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 42-gun Great ship
Tons burthen: 921 tons (935.8 tonnes)
Length: 110 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 42 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Triumph was a 42-gun great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1623.[1] By 1660 her armament had been increased to 64 guns.[1]

Triumph was sold out of the navy in 1688.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d 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.