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HMS Leopard (1659)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
Name: HMS Leopard
Ordered: 29 September 1657
Builder: Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard
Launched: February 1659
Fate: Sunk as breakwater, 1699
General characteristics
Class and type: Fourth-rate frigate
Tons burthen: 645 long tons (655.4 t)
Length: 109 ft (33.2 m) (keel)
Beam: 33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns (1660); 54 guns (1677)

Leopard was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in February 1659. By 1666 her armament had been increased to 56 guns.

Leopard was sunk as the foundation for a breakwater in 1699.



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