HMS Unity (1665)

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Career (Great Britain)

Name:	HMS Unity
Acquired:	Captured from the Dutch 1665
Fate:	Recaptured by the Dutch 11 June 1667
General characteristics as built^[1]
Class and type:	42-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	303 tons (307 tonnes)
Length:	95 ft (29 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold:	9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Complement:	150 (wartime)
Armament:	42 guns of various weights of shot

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

HMS Unity was a 42-gun Fourth Rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, formerly the Dutch warship Eendracht captured from the Dutch on 22 February 1665 by the English warships Yarmouth, Diamond and Mermaid.^[1]
The 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.