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| History | |
|---|---|
 England | |
| Name | Langport |
| Namesake | |
| Builder | Bright, Horsleydown |
| Launched | 1654 |
| Renamed | HMS Henrietta, 1660 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 1689 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Speaker-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 781 |
| Length | 116 ft (35.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 35 ft 7 in (10.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 4 in (4.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 50 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677) |
Langport was a 50-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Horsleydown, and launched in 1654.[1]
After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Henrietta. By 1677 her armament had risen to 62 guns. Henrietta was wrecked in 1689.[1]
Notes
References
- 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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6 Annotations
First Reading
A. Hamilton • Link
The U.S. Naval Academy Museum site has a slide show of the Rogers ship model collection including two slides of a model that is said to be of the royal yacht Henrietta of 1679 -presumably a forerunner to the ship visited by Sam. It is a pretty ship.
http://www.usna.edu/Museum/rogers…
A. Hamilton • Link
presumably a forerunner
No, I meant that the ship visited by Sam was presumably an earlier version of the yacht displayed at the Naval
Academy site. The photographs of the model are still worth seeing because they give a vivid impression of the high quality of the ship models produced by the English shipwrights in Sam's day.
Second Reading
Bill • Link
On May 23, 1660 SP says the Henrietta was formerly named the Lambert.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Janet Seaton • Link
The Henrietta was formerly named the Langport, after the civil war battle there (my home town) in 1645
Terry Foreman • Link
Langport was a 50-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Horsleydown, and launched in 1654.
After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Henrietta. By 1677 her armament had risen to 62 guns. Henrietta was wrecked in 1689.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS…
Terry Foreman • Link
In the Fleet List for April 65 the warship Henrietta is 3rd rate with 300 men and 58 guns under the command of Walter Woods.
http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…