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HMS Breda (1654)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
Name: Nantwich
Builder: Baylie, Bristol
Launched: 1654
Renamed: HMS Breda, 1660
Fate: Wrecked, 1666
General characteristics
Class and type: Fourth Rate frigate
Tons burthen: 511
Length: 100 ft (30.5 m) (keel)
Beam: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 40 guns of various weights of shot

The Nantwich was a 40-gun Fourth rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Bristol, and launched in 1654.

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Breda. She was wrecked in 1666.



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