| HMS Swiftsure (1621) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Swiftsure captured, by Willem van de Velde the Younger | |
| Career (England) |  |
| Name: | HMS Swiftsure |
| Builder: | Burrell, Deptford |
| Launched: | 1621 |
| Honours and awards: |
Participated in: |
| Captured: | By the Dutch on 1 June 1666 |
| Career (Dutch Republic) |  |
| Acquired: | 1666 |
| Renamed: | Oudshoorn |
| Honours and awards: |
Participated in: |
| General characteristics as built[1] | |
| Class & type: | 42-gun Great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 876 Long ton (890.1 tonnes) |
| Length: | 106 ft (32 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 42 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1654 rebuild[2] | |
| Class & type: | 60-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 898 tons (912.4 tonnes) |
| Length: | 118 ft (36 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 60 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Swiftsure was a 42-gun great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1621.[1]
She was rebuilt in 1654 at Woolwich by Christopher Pett as a 60-gun third rate ship of the line.[2] She was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Berkeley at the Four Days' Battle against the Dutch in 1666.[3] Berkeley led the van of the English fleet on the first day of the battle, 1 June, but outsailed his squadron into the midst of the Dutch, and was surrounded. After a fierce battle in which Berkeley was killed, Switsure was captured.[2][3] The Dutch renamed her the Oudshoorn (70 cannon) and changed the quartergalleries to hide her identity. She fought in the Battle of Solebay in 1672.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Berkeley, Sir William (1639–1666)" (subscription required for online access). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/2224. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2224?docPos=4.
References[]
- Davies, J. D.. "Berkeley, Sir William (1639–1666)" (subscription required for online access). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/2224. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2224?docPos=4.
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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