HMS Dover (1654)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Dover
Builder:	Castle, Shoreham
Launched:	1654
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	Ruby-class frigate
Tons burthen:	554 long tons (562.9 t)
Length:	104 ft (31.7 m) (keel)
Beam:	31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	40 guns (1660); 48 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1695 rebuild^[2]
Class and type:	50-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	604 long tons (613.7 t)
Length:	118 ft (36.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	34 ft 4 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 7 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	50 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dover.

HMS Dover was a 40-gun fourth rate Ruby-class frigate of the Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Shoreham, and launched in 1654. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns.^[1]

Dover was rebuilt for the first time in 1695 at Portsmouth, from where she relaunched as a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line. She underwent a second rebuild in 1716.^[2]