HMS Henrietta (1654)

Career (England)
Name: Langport
Builder: Bright, Horsleydown
Launched: 1654
Renamed: HMS Henrietta, 1660
Fate: Wrecked, 1689
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:Speaker-class frigate
Tons burthen:781 long tons (793.5 t)
Length:116 ft (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam:35 ft 7 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold:14 ft 4 in (4.4 m)
Propulsion:Sails
Sail plan:Full rigged ship
Armament:50 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677)

Langport was a 50-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Horsleydown, and launched in 1654.[1]

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Henrietta. By 1677 her armament had risen to 62 guns. Henrietta was wrecked in 1689.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p159.

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.