HMS Charles Galley (1676)

Career (Great Britain)
The Charles Galley in a painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger; late 17th century.
Name:	HMS Charles Galley
Builder:	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched:	1676
Renamed:	HMS Torrington in July 1727
Reclassified:	Hulked in 1740
Fate:	Sold on 12 July 1744
General characteristics as built
Class and type:	32-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen:	546 bm
Length:	131 ft (39.9 m) (overall)
Beam:	28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	28 x 9pdrs 4 x 3pdrs
General characteristics after 1693 rebuild
Tons burthen:	548 bm
General characteristics after 1710 rebuild
Tons burthen:	537 bm
General characteristics after 1729 rebuild
Tons burthen:	594 bm

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Torrington.

HMS Charles Galley was a 32–gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1676.^[1]^[2] She was rebuilt in 1693, and again at Deptford Dockyard in 1710. She was renamed HMS Torrington after a third rebuild in 1729, and was Hulked in 1740. She was finally sold on 12 July 1744.

Notes

^ "HMS Charles Galley 1676". Prints and Drawings of the Charles Galley. National Maritime Museum. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/prints/browseHeadings.cfm?filter=Vessels&node=1101. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
^ Wright, Christopher (1992). The world's master paintings: from the early Renaissance to the present day. Routledge. pp. 376. ISBN 0415022401.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.