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HMS Unity (1665)

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History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Unity
AcquiredCaptured from the Dutch 1665
FateRecaptured by the Dutch 11 June 1667
General characteristics as built
Class and type42-gun fourth-rate ship of the line
Length95 ft (29 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Complement150 (wartime)
Armament42 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Unity was a 42-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, formerly the Dutch warship Eendracht, captured from the Dutch on 22 February 1665 by the English warships Yarmouth, Diamond and Mermaid.[citation needed]

Unity was commissioned on 1665 under Captain Thomas Trafford. In 1667 she became a guard ship at Sheerness, but was recaptured by the Dutch warship Vrede during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667.[citation needed]

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