HMS_Repulse_(1596)

English ship <i>Repulse</i> (1596)

English ship Repulse (1596)

English warship, built 1596

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Repulse.

Repulse,[Note 1] sometimes written as Due Repulse, was a 40/48-gun ship of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1596.

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Repulse was rebuilt in 1610 as a great ship of 34 principal guns, plus 6 smaller anti-personnel guns.[1]

In 1613 The Repulse was appointed to escort Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James VI and I, and Frederick V of the Palatinate sailing in The Prince Royal from Margate to Ostend.[2]

She was broken up in 1649.[1]

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

Citations

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
  2. [2]
    Foedera, 7 (The Hague, 1739), p. 189

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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