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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.
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.
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" />
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