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[[File:The 'Fairfax', 'Assurance', 'Tiger' and 'Elizabeth' RMG BHC3334.jpg|thumb|A group of warships with HMS ''Fairfax'' (launched in 1653) at the fore, [[Royal Museums Greenwich]]]]
The '''''Speaker'''''-'''class frigate''' was a type of English ship built early in the [[First Dutch War]] of 1652. The English government of the day, after it recognised the usefulness of large ships, ordered 30 [[frigate]]s to be built at the end of the year. An early example of a large frigate, ''[[English ship Mary (1650)|Speaker]]'', was launched in April 1650,{{sfn|Lavery|2003|p=2}} and provided the prototype for the class.{{sfn|Lavery|2015|p=13}}
 
Launched between 1650 and 1654,The '''''Speaker'''''-'''class warshipsfrigate''' werewas abouta 750type tonsof andEnglish carriedship betweenbuilt 48early andin 56the cannon[[First Dutch War]] of 1652. TheirThe introductionEnglish causedgovernment of the Dutch navyday, whichafter wasit still reliant onrecognised the useusefulness of large ships, ordered 30 [[merchant shipfrigate]]s, to becomebe outcompetedbuilt.{{sfn|Dull|2009|pp=2{{ndash}}3}} ''Speaker''-classAn shipsearly had much in common with the old Great Ships planned in 1618, beingexample of a similarlarge sizefrigate, with''[[English twoship decksMary and(1650)|Speaker]]'', alaunched largein numberApril of guns.1650,{{sfn|Lavery|2003|p=2}} The class setprovided the patternprototype for all the two-deck ships built up to the 19th centuryclass.”{{sfn|Lavery|2015|p=1513}}
 
Launched between 1650 and 1654, ''Speaker''-class warships were about 750 tons and carried between 48 and 56 cannon. Their introduction caused the Dutch navy, which was still reliant on the use of armed [[merchant ship]]s, to become obsolete.{{sfn|Dull|2009|pp=2{{ndash}}3}} ''Speaker''-class ships had much in common with the old Great Ships planned in 1618, being of a similar size, with two decks and a large number of guns.{{sfn|Lavery|2003|p=2}} The class set the pattern for all the two-deck ships built up to the 19th century.{{sfn|Lavery|2015|p=15}}
 
The third rate frigates in the ''Speaker''-class built as part of the 1652 programme were ''[[English ship Essex (1653)|Essex]]'', ''[[HMS Plymouth (1653)|Plymouth]]'', ''[[HMS Dreadnought (1660)|Torrington]]'', ''[[HMS Revenge (1654)|Newbury]]'', ''[[HMS Anne (1654)|Bridgewater]]'', ''[[HMS Montagu (1660)|Lyme]]'', ''[[HMS York (1654)|Marston Moor]]'', ''[[HMS Henrietta (1654)|Langport]]'', ''[[English ship Fairfax (1653)|Fairfax]]'', ''[[English ship Tredagh (1654)|Tredagh]]'', and ''[[HMS Gloucester (1654)|Gloucester]]''.<ref name="Glo">{{cite web |title=Objectives |url=https://www.gloucestershipwreck.co.uk/objectives |website=The Gloucester Project |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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== Sources==
* {{cite book |last1=Dull |first1=Jonathan R. |title=The Age of the Ship of the Line: British and French Navies 1650–1815 |date=2009 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-18483-2-549-4 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/The_Age_Of_The_Ship_Of_The_Line/?id=Cs-XAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |ref=}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lavery |first1=Brian |author-link=Brian Lavery |title=The Ship of the Line |date=2003 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |isbn=978-0-85177-252-3 |page=|volume=1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850}}
* {{cite book |last1=Lavery |first1=Brian |author-link=Brian Lavery |title=The Ship of the Line: a history in ship models |date=2015 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited |location=Barnsley, UK |isbn=978-18483-2-214-1 |url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.ukcom/books/edition/The_Ship_of_the_Line/UkauCAAAQBAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=0UkauCAAAQBAJ |ref=}}
 
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