History | |
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England | |
Name: | Swiftsure |
Builder: | Peter Pett, at Deptford Dockyard |
Launched: | 1573 |
Renamed: | Speedwell |
Fate: | Lost, 1624 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type: | Galleon |
Tons burthen: | 350 |
Complement: | 200 |
Armament: | 29 major guns, plus 4 fowlers |
General characteristics after 1607 rebuild | |
Class and type: | Middling ship |
Tons burthen: | 333 |
Length: | 74 ft (23 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Depth of hold: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Swiftsure was a galleon of the English Navy, launched in 1573. She was rebuilt in 1592.
In 1607 she was renamed Speedwell, when she was rebuilt for a second time at Deptford, now classed as a middling ship. She was wrecked near Vlissingen on 1 November 1624.
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