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Description Ark-Royal-1587.jpg |
English:
The
Ark Royal
(1587), by Claes Janszoon Visscher (Claes Jansz Visscher), (1587-1652)
The galleon 'Ark Raleigh' was built at Deptford for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587. The following year she was commissioned into the Royal Navy and re-named the 'Ark Royal'. She was the Lord High Admiral's flagship against the Spanish Armada in 1588. The vessel was 100 feet long on the keel, had a beam of 37 feet and carried 44 guns. Source: National Maritime Museum, London |
Date | 5 September 2007 (original upload date) |
Source | Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Lukasz Lukomski using CommonsHelper . |
Author | The original uploader was Camptown at English Wikipedia . |
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- 2007-09-05 09:44 Camptown 1490×1245× (1930315 bytes) The ''Ark Royal'' (1587), by Claes Janszoon Visscher (Claes Jansz Visscher), (1587-1652) The galleon 'Ark Raleigh' was built at Deptford for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587. The following year she was commissioned into the Royal Navy and re-named the 'Ark Roy