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Line 1: {{short description\|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}} {\|{{Infobox Ship Begin}}▼ {{~~otherships~~other ships\|HMS Dreadnought}}▼ {{Infobox Ship Image▼ ~~\|Ship image=[[Image:No Photo Available.svg]]~~ {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2017}} {{Use British English\|date=August 2017}} ▲{\|{{Infobox ~~Ship~~ship ~~Begin~~begin}} ▲{{Infobox ~~Ship~~ship ~~Image~~image \|Ship ~~status~~image=▼ \|Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ~~Ship~~ship ~~Career~~career \|Hide header= \|Ship country=[[Kingdom of England\|England]] \|Ship flag=[[~~Image~~File:English Red Ensign 1620.svg\|60px\|Royal Navy Ensign]] \|Ship name=''Torrington'' \|Ship ordered=December 1652 \|Ship builder=Henry Johnson, [[Blackwall Yard]] \|Ship laid down= \|Ship launched=early 1654 \|Ship acquired= \|Ship commissioned= Line 18 ⟶ 23: \|Ship in service= \|Ship out of service= \|Ship renamed=~~HMS~~ ''Dreadnought'', 1660 \|Ship struck= \|Ship reinstated= \|Ship honours= \|Ship captured= \|Ship fate=~~Lost,~~Foundered October 1690 ▲\|Ship status= \|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ~~Ship~~ship ~~Characteristics~~characteristics \|Hide header= \|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, ~~p159~~p. 159.</ref> \|Ship class={{sclass\|Speaker\|frigate\|0}} [[Frigate#~~Origin~~Origins\|frigate]] \|Ship tons burthen=734<small>{{~~convert~~fraction\|~~732~~38\|~~LT\|t\|1\|lk=on~~94}}</small> ([[Builder's Old Measurement\|bm]]) \|Ship length={{convert\|116\|ft\|8\|in\|m\|1~~\|lk=on~~\|abbr=on}} (keel) \|Ship beam={{convert\|34\|ft\|6\|in\|m\|1\|abbr=on}} \|Ship draught= \|Ship hold depth={{convert\|14\|ft\|2\|in\|m\|1\|abbr=on}} \|Ship sail plan=[[Full -rigged ship]] ~~\|Ship propulsion=Sails~~ \|Ship complement= \|Ship armament=52 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677) Line 43 ⟶ 46: }} \|} ▲{{otherships\|HMS Dreadnought}} '''HMS ''Dreadnought''''' was a 52-gun [[third-rate]] ship of the line, in service with the [[Royal Navy]] from 1660 to 1690. '''''Torrington''''' was a 52-gun [[third rate]] {{sclass\|Speaker\|frigate\|0}} [[frigate#Origin\|frigate]] built for the navy of the [[Commonwealth of England]] at [[Blackwall, London\|Blackwall]], and launched in 1654. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the [[Battle of Torrington]] in 1646. After [[the Restoration]] in 1660, she was renamed '''HMS ''Dreadnought'''''. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" /> The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name '''''Torrington''''' for the navy of the [[Commonwealth of England]]. Her builder was shipwright Henry Johnson at [[Blackwall Yard]], [[London]]. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the [[Battle of Torrington]] in 1646. ~~''Dreadnought'' was lost at sea in 1690.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" />~~ She was renamed ''Dreadnought'' after [[Stuart Restoration\|the Restoration]] in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" /> After an active career in both the [[Second Dutch War]] and [[Third Dutch War]], ''Dreadnought'' foundered at sea in October 1690.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" /> ==Notes== Line 53 ⟶ 59: ==References== {{refbegin}} ~~<div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:1; column-count:1;">~~ 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}}. Winfield, Rif (2009) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN\|978-1-84832-040-6}}. ~~</div>~~ {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dreadnought (1654)}} [[Category:~~Royal~~Ships ~~Navy~~of ~~ships~~the line of the ~~line~~Royal Navy]] [[Category:Ships ofbuilt ~~the line of~~by the ~~United~~Blackwall ~~Kingdom~~Yard]] [[Category:Shipwrecks]] [[Category:1650s ships]] [[Category:Maritime incidents in 1690]] [[Category:Speaker-class ships of the line]] {{UK-line-ship-stub}}