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'''''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" />
''Dreadnought'' was lost at sea in 1690.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" />
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