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Name | Reserve |
Ordered | December 1649 |
Builder | Peter Pett II, Woodbridge |
Launched | 1650 |
Commissioned | 1650 |
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Name | Reserve |
Launched | 1650 |
Acquired | May 1660 |
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Fate | Foundered off Yarmouth 27 November 1703 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 40-gun Fourth-rate |
Tons burthen | 513+87⁄94 tons bm |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 1 in (9.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 6.5 in (4.7 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement | 180 personnel |
Armament |
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General characteristics after 1700/01 rebuild | |
Class and type | 50-gun Fourth-rate |
Tons burthen | 579+80⁄94 tons bm |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 7.5 in (10.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Armament |
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HMS Reserve was one of six 40-gun fourth-rate frigates, built for the Commonwealth of England under the 1650 Programme, after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 she was incorporated into the navy of the Kingdom of England. She partook in no major Fleet actions during the First Anglo-Dutch War. After the Restoration during the Second Anglo-Dutch War she partook in the Battle of Lowestoft, the Four Days' Battle and the St James Day Battle. She spent the bulk of her service either in the Mediterranean or at Newfoundland. She foundered off Yarmouth in November 1703.[1]
Reserve was the first named vessel in the English and Royal Navies.[2]