HMS_Charles_(1632)

English ship <i>Charles</i> (1632)

English ship Charles (1632)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Charles and HMS Liberty.

Charles was a 44-gun second rank ship of the line of the English navy, built by Peter Pett at Woolwich and launched in 1632.[1]

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Charles was renamed Liberty in 1649. She ran aground and was wrecked off Harwich, Essex in October 1650.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p. 158.
  2. [2]
    "British Second Rate great ship 'Charles' (1633)". Threedecks. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

References

  • 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.


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