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{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of England|England]]
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|Ship name=''Torrington''
|Ship ordered=December 1652
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|Ship fate=Foundered October 1690
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Speaker|frigate|0}} [[Frigate#Origins|frigate]]
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'''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]] ship of the line, built under the 1652 Programme for the navy of the [[Commonwealth of England]] by Henry Johnson at [[Blackwall Yard]], [[London]], 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 '''''Dreadnought'''''. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" />▼
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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" />
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==References==
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*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line
*Winfield, Rif (2009) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN
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