''Worcester'' was a 48-gun
third rate frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
built for the navy of the
Commonwealth of England at
Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.
After
the Restoration
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...
in 1660, it was renamed HMS ''Dunkirk''. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.
In 1704 it underwent a rebuild at
Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun
fourth rate ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
.
On 12 September 1729 ''Dunkirk'' was ordered to be taken to pieces at
Portsmouth, and rebuilt by
Joseph Allin the younger as a 60-gun fourth rate to the
1719 Establishment
The 1719 Establishment was a set of mandatory requirements governing the construction of all Royal Navy warships capable of carrying more than 20 naval long guns. It was designed to bring economies of scale through uniform vessel design, and ens ...
. It was relaunched on 3 September 1734.
''Dunkirk'' was broken up in 1749.
Notes
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 Woolwich
1650s ships
Ships built by the Blackwall Yard
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