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(Redirected from HMS Marston Moor (1654)) Ship of the line of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS York.

HMS York
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameMarston Moor
BuilderJohnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched1654
RenamedHMS York, 1660
FateWrecked, 1703
General characteristics
Class and typeSpeaker-class frigate
Length116 ft (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)

Marston Moor was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1654.

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS York. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. York was wrecked in 1703.

Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.

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.

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