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HMS Royal Charles (1655)

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44: 450: 470: 72: 322:, intended to carry 60 guns each. However, she was altered during construction to mount a complete battery of guns along the upper deck (compared with the partial battery on this deck of her intended sisters, on which there were no gunports in the waist along this deck), and so was reclassed as a first rate. 509:
as a public attraction, with day trips being organised for large parties, often of foreign state guests. After vehement protests by Charles that this insulted his honour, the official visits were ended when she was auctioned for scrap in 1673. A mirror from the ship would eventually be returned to
43: 731: 501:. The Dutch did not take her into naval service because it was considered that she drew too much water for general use on the Dutch coast. Instead the 633:: "... got on shore when the King did, who was received by General Monk with all imaginable love and respect at his entrance upon the land of Dover." 514: 554: 354: 708: 449: 680: 562: 469: 330: 521:, was, however, preserved. After remaining at Hellevoetsluis for a while, it was brought to a naval shipbuilding yard in 201: 458: 334: 71: 440: 385: 289: 169: 56: 617:: "After dinner the King and the Duke altered the name of some of the whips, viz. the Naseby into Charles ..." 741: 301: 526: 410: 530: 350: 326: 232:
42 ft 0 in (12.8 m) on completion, later increased to 42 ft 6 in (13.0 m)
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The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850
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In 1667, flagging English national morale was further depressed by the
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Royal Charles stern piece, preserved at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Stern carving from the Royal Charles, anonymous, c. 1663 - c. 1664
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in the nineteenth century, and in 1855 was transferred to the
314:'s decisive 1645 victory over the Royalist forces during the 380:, which formally came into being in 1660. At 1,229 tons, 318:. She was ordered in 1654 as one of a programme of four 537:, which took most of the naval collection in the 1880s. 431:. In 1666, she participated in two further actions, the 598:
Parliamentary Intelligencer, 30 April – 7 May 1660, in
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and still under her Parliamentary name. On arrival in
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off Hellevoetsluis, captured by the Dutch after the
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It is now on display in the 361:she took Charles and his entourage (including 8: 417:under the command of the Lord High Admiral, 349:at the head of the fleet sent to bring King 700:, vol. 1, London: George Bell and Sons 510:Britain in a conciliatory gesture in 2012. 402:was to enjoy only twelve years in service. 398:, which was in service from 1637 to 1697, 341:, where her laurel-crowned figurehead of 204:) on completion, later increased to 1258 30:For other ships with the same name, see 577: 546: 589:Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160. 473:The stern piece preserved at Amsterdam 38: 702:- 1 January 1659/60 – 30 March 1660/1 626: 610: 461:, painted c. 1667 shows the captured 455:Dutch attack on the Medway, June 1667 69: 7: 146:Sold for scrap, 1673 (by Dutch navy) 732:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 553:presumably the Duke of York, later 493:, removing her with great skill to 481:in which a Dutch fleet invaded the 376:Under her new name, she joined the 517:, originally placed on the ship's 353:back to England, captained by Sir 345:was removed before sailing to the 266:80 guns of various weights of shot 258:500 - later raised to 550 then 650 27:Ship of the line of the Royal Navy 25: 563:Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester 224:131 ft (39.9 m) (keel) 70: 42: 513:The wooden carving showing the 505:was permanently drydocked near 333:) of 1660, she was anchored in 329:of the monarchy in May (June, 1: 413:. In 1665, she fought in the 300:in 1655, for the navy of the 304:. She was originally called 758: 716:(Object number: NG-MC-239) 459:Pieter Cornelisz van Soest 435:and the defeat of Admiral 419:James Stuart, Duke of York 369:. The ship landed them at 138:12 June 1667, by the Dutch 29: 697:The Diary of Samuel Pepys 675:. Conway Maritime Press. 394:, Peter's father. Unlike 177: 64: 41: 711:16 February 2011 at the 692:Wheatley, Henry Benjamin 178:General characteristics 57:Jeronymus van Diest (II) 302:Commonwealth of England 240:18 ft (5.5 m) 654:Rijksmuseum website: 474: 466: 441:St. James's Day Battle 411:Second Anglo-Dutch War 170:St. James's Day Battle 671:Lavery, Brian (2003) 642:Rijksmuseum website: 472: 452: 409:she took part in the 396:Sovereign of the Seas 387:Sovereign of the Seas 325:In the run-up to the 310:, named in honour of 421:, her captain being 292:. 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Index

Royal Charles
HMS Royal Charles

Raid on the Medway
Jeronymus van Diest (II)
Royal Navy Ensign
England
Peter Pett II
Woolwich Dockyard
Battle of Lowestoft
Four Days Battle
St. James's Day Battle
first-rate
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
first-rate
ship of the line
English
Navy
Peter Pett
Woolwich Dockyard
Commonwealth of England
Sir Thomas Fairfax
English Civil Wars
second rates
Restoration
New Style
The Downs
Deal

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