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HMS St George (1622)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS St George
OrderedFebruary 1622
BuilderWilliam Burrell, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1622
Renamed
  • HMS George, 1650
  • HMS St. George, 1660
Honours and
awards
FateSunk as a blockship at Sheerness, 1697
General characteristics [1]
Class and type42-gun Great ship
Tons burthen895 (Builder's Old Measurement)
Length110 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
The George at the Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653

HMS St George, sometimes written as HMS George,[1] was a 42-gun great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1622.[1] By 1660 her armament had been increased to 56 guns.[1] It finally increased to 60 guns. St George was hulked in 1687,[1] and sunk as a blockship at Sheerness in 1697.

Saint George was the flagship of Robert Blake during the Anglo-Spanish War, and where, during the First Anglo-Dutch War, he had lost his life on his journey back to England.[2][3]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
  2. ^ Dixon, 1852, pp. 360-363
  3. ^ Powell, 1972, pp. 308

Three decks lists William Burrell as the builder/designer

Bibliography

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  • Dixon, William Hepworth (1852). Robert Blake, admiral and general at sea. London: Chapman and Hall.
  • 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.
  • Powell, John Rowland (1972). Robert Blake; general-at-sea. New York: Crane, Russak. ISBN 978-0-00211-7265.
  • Three Decks <https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=57>