HMS Constant Reformation

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Name: HMS Constant Reformation
Builder: Burrel, Deptford
Launched: 1619
Fate: Lost, 1651
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 42-gun Great ship
Tons burthen: 750 tons (762 tonnes)
Length: 106 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam: 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 42 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Constant Reformation was a 42-gun Great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1619.[1]

Constant Reformation joined the Royalist cause in the English Civil War in 1648, but was lost in 1651.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.

[edit] 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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