HMS Merhonour (1615)

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Name: HMS Merhonour
Launched: Uncertain
Fate: Sold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Propulsion: Sails
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild[1]
Class and type: 44-gun Royal Ship
Tons burthen: 800 tons (812.8 tonnes)
Length: 104 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam: 38 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns of various weights of shot

HMS Merhonour was a ship of the English Royal Navy. Her original launch date is uncertain, but she was rebuilt by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich in 1615 as a 44-gun Royal Ship.[1]

Merhonour was sold out of the navy in 1650.[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.