HMS Loyal London (1666)

History
England
Name:	Loyal London
Ordered:	April 1665
Builder:	John Taylor, Deptford Dockyard
Launched:	10 June 1666
Commissioned:	16 July 1666
Fate:	Burnt, 1667
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	80-gun second-rate ship of the line[Note 1]
Tons burthen:	1,236 (bm)
Length:	127 ft (39 m) (keel)
Beam:	41 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in (12.7 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	80 guns of various weights of shot (later raised to 92 guns)

Loyal London was an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 June 1666 at Deptford Dockyard with a burthen of 1,236 tons. She was established with 80 guns comprising 22 cannon-of-seven, 4 demi-cannon, 26 culverins and 28 demi-culverins; in July 1666 this was raised to 92 guns, comprising 7 cannon-of-seven, 19 demi-cannon, 28 culverins, 26 12-pounders and 12 demi-culverins.

The Loyal London was destroyed by fire on 14 June 1667, during a Dutch raid on Chatham.^[1] A quantity of her timbers were salvaged on 15 July, and were transported to Deptford for reuse in construction of the 96-gun first rate London.^[2]

Notes

1. Colledge wrongly records her as being an 96-gun first rate, confusing her with the ship built in 1670

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1, p.160.
2. Winfield 2009, p. 31

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
• Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers & Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848320406.