- Notes
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=England | Ship flag= | Ship name=Torrington | Ship ordered=December 1652 | Ship builder=Henry Johnson, Blackwall Yard | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=early 1654 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed=Dreadnought, 1660 | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Foundered 1690 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Speaker|frigate|0}} frigate | {{fraction>38|94}} (bm) | 116|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel) | 34|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | 14|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship | Ship complement= | Ship armament=52 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677) | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Dreadnought was a 52-gun third-rate ship of the line, in service with the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1690. The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name Torrington for the navy of the Commonwealth of England. Her builder was shipwright Henry Johnson at Blackwall Yard, London. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Torrington in 1646. She was renamed Dreadnought after the Restoration in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.[1] After an active career in both the Second Dutch War and Third Dutch War, Dreadnought foundered at sea in October 1690.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.
References{{refbegin}}- 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}}.
- Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84832-040-6}}.
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