HMS Dunkirk (1651)

History
Great Britain
Name:	Worcester
Builder:	Burrell II, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched:	1651
Renamed:	HMS Dunkirk, 1660
Fate:	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type:	48-gun third rate frigate
Tons burthen:	662
Length:	112 ft (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam:	32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	48 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild[2]
Class and type:	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	906
Length:	141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold:	15 ft 7.5 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1734 rebuild[3]
Class and type:	1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	966 long tons (981.5 t)
Length:	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold:	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Worcester was a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.^[1]

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS Dunkirk. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.^[1] In 1704 she underwent a rebuild at Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.^[2] On 12 September 1729 Dunkirk was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth, and rebuilt as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 3 September 1734.^[3]

Dunkirk was broken up in 1749.^[3]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p167.
3. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p170.

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.