''Dreadnought''The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively was a 41-gun

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of the

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, built by Mathew Baker and launched in 1573. Like HMS ''Dreadnought'' of 1906, she was a radical innovation over contemporary ships. When

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became Treasurer of the Navy in 1577, he had sailed all over the world, and his ideas contributed to the production of a new

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series of galleons—of which ''Dreadnought'' was the second, following ''Foresight'' of 1570—without the high

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and

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prevalent in earlier galleons. These "marvels of marine design" could reputedly "run circles around the clumsier Spanish competition." ''Dreadnought'' took part in many of the naval engagements between Britain and Spain in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Under Captain Thomas Fenner, she was part of Drake's fleet which "singed the King of Spain's Beard" with the raid on Cadiz in Spring 1587. Under George Beeston she was part of the English fleet which harassed most of the

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in 1588. She was rebuilt for the first time in 1592. In 1596, with Sir Alexander Clifford as her captain, she was part of the Anglo-Dutch fleet which captured Cadiz. In 1599 she was in the Western Channel under George Fenner, while in 1601 under Sir Henry Palmer she was on the Thames. On 2 June 1602, captained by Edward Manwaring, ''Dreadnought'' was part of Ricard Leveson's fleet which succeeded in capturing the Portuguese carrack ''

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'' at Cezimbra RoadsN.A.M. Rodger, ''The Safeguard of the Sea'', p. 292. In 1603, as hostilities with Spain concluded, she was in the

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under captain Hamphrey Reynolds. ''Dreadnought'' was rebuilt again at Deptford in 1614 as a

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of 32 guns. In 1625, with renewed hostilities against Spain, ''Dreadnought'' took part in yet another expedition to Cadiz, this time under a captain named Plumleigh, as part of a fleet commanded by

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. In 1628 she took part in the unsuccessful attempt to relieve the Siege of La Rochelle by sea. In 1637, she was part of the Earl of Northumberland's fleet in the North Sea, commanded by Captain Henry Stradling and then by Thomas Kirke. ''Dreadnought'' was broken up in 1648.

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References

Citations Bibliography *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . *Rodger, N.A.M (2004) ''The Safeguard of the Sea'' Penguin History. *Winfield, Rif (2009) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Dreadnought (1573) Ships of the English navy 16th-century ships Ships built in Deptford