English ship Triumph (1562)
 English ships fight the Spanish Armada, 1588 | |
| Career (England) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Triumph |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 1561 |
| Launched: | October 1562 |
| Fate: | Rebuilt 1598-99. Condemned, 1618 |
| General characteristics as newbuilt 1561-62 | |
| Class and type: | 42-gun great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 742 tons |
| Length: | Unrecorded |
| Beam: | Unrecorded |
| Depth of hold: | Unrecorded |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 500 |
| Armament: | 42 guns - comprising 9 demi-cannon, 4 cannon periers, 14 culverins, 7 demi-culverins, 6 sakers and 2 minions. Also 26 smaller (4 port-pieces, 10 fowlers and 12 bases). |
| General characteristics as rebuilt 1598-99[1] | |
| Class and type: | 55-gun great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 760 tons |
| Length: | 100 ft (30 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 500 |
| Armament: | 55 guns - comprising 3 demi-cannon, 4 cannon periers, 19 culverins, 16 demi-culverins and 13 sakers. Also 4 smaller (fowlers). |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Triumph.
Triumph of 1562 was the first vessel of record to hold the name. She was a 60-gun English galleon built in Deptford in 1561-62 and launched in October 1562.
With a nominal burden of 1000 tons, she was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Triumph was a square-rigged galleon of four masts, including two lateen-rigged mizzenmasts. She served effectively as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Martin Frobisher during the battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1595-96 she was rebuilt as a race-built galleon, but at the time of the Commission of Enquiry in 1618 she was condemned and broken up.
Notes
- ↑ Oppenheim, A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy 1509-1660, p124.
References
- R C Anderson. List of English Men of War 1509 - 1649.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.