''Bridgewater'' was a 52-gun

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built for the navy of the

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at Deptford, and launched in 1654. After

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in 1660, her name was changed to HMS ''Anne''. It was named after

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. The ship was accidentally blown up in 1673. Its reconstruction was carried out during the second Dutch war by Christopher Pett in Woolwich.

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References

*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Ships built in Deptford 1650s ships Speaker-class ships of the line Anne Hyde Maritime incidents in 1673 {{UK-line-ship-stub