HMS Portsmouth (1650)

A port-quarter view portrait of the Portsmouth (Willem van de Velde, ca. 1675)
History
England
Name:	Portsmouth
Builder:	Eastwood, Portsmouth
Launched:	1650
Fate:	Blown up, 1689
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fourth-rate frigate
Length:	99 ft (30.2 m) (keel)
Beam:	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	38 guns (at launch); 46 guns (1677)

Portsmouth was a 38-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1650.

By 1677 her armament had been increased to 46 guns. Portsmouth was blown up in action in 1689.