HMS Repulse (1596)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Repulse |
| Launched: | 1596 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1645 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 40-48 gun ship |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 40-48 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1610 rebuild[1] | |
| Class and type: | 40-gun Great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 700 tons (711.2 tonnes) |
| Length: | 97 ft (30 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 40 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Repulse.
HMS Repulse, sometimes written as Due Repulse, was a 40/48-gun ship of the English Royal Navy, launched circa 1596.
Repulse was rebuilt in 1610 as a Great ship of 40 guns.[1] She was broken up in 1645.[1]
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- 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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