''Dunbar'' was a 64-gun second rate

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, originally built for the navy of the

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at Deptford, and launched in 1656. Renamed HMS ''Henry'' in 1660, she served until 1682, when she was lost in an accidental fire.

Description

The

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was long, with a beam of and a depth of . Rated at 1,082 tons

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, she was equipped with 64 guns. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 82 guns.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 160.

Service

''Dunbar'' was built by Callis at Deptford,

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in 1656 for the Commonwealth Navy. After

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of the monarchy in 1660, she was renamed HMS ''Henry''. In 1661/1662 HMS ''Henry'' was the flagship of Admiral John Mennes taking the Earl of Peterborough and the first troops of the new

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to occupy

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, returning to England accompanying the Earl of Sandwich and the new Queen Catherine of Braganza.Harris (1912) p. 208 HMS ''Henry'' was severely damaged in the Four Days' Battle of 1–4 June 1666.Fox (2018) pp. 215-18 On 13 June 1667, during the Raid on the Medway, HMS ''Henry'' was driven ashore at Rochester Bridge,

.Coles Finch, 1929, p. 90 She was accidentally burnt in 1682.

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