History | |
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England | |
Name: | Adventure |
Builder: | Peter Pett II, Woolwich |
Launched: | 1646 |
Captured: | By the French on 1 March 1709 |
France | |
Acquired: | 1 March 1709 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type: | 34-gun fourth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen: | 385 bm |
Length: | 94 ft (28.7 m) (keel) |
Beam: | 27 ft 9 in (8.5 m) |
Depth of hold: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Armament: | 34 guns (at launch); 40 guns (1677) |
General characteristics after 1691 rebuild | |
Class and type: | 44-gun fourth-rate ship |
Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Armament: | 44 guns of various weights of shot |
Adventure was a 34-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, built by Peter Pett II at Woolwich and launched in 1646. The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century.
By 1677 her armament had been increased to 40 guns.Adventure was rebuilt as a 44-gun fourth rate at Chatham Dockyard in 1691. She was captured by the French off Martinique, in the West Indies on 1 March 1709.