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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#Origin|frigate]]
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|Ship length={{convert|116|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel)
|Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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{{otherships|HMS Dreadnought}}
'''''Torrington''''' was a 52-gun [[third rate]] {{sclass|Speaker|frigate|0}} [[frigate#Origin|frigate]] built under the 1652 Programme for the navy of the [[Commonwealth of England]] by Henry Johnson 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" />
After an active career in both the [[Second Dutch War]] and [[Third Dutch War]], the ''Dreadnought''
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<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 978-1084832-040-6.</div>
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