HMS Dreadnought (1660)

Her builder was shipwright Henry Johnson at his Blackwall Yard, London.

Following the Stuart Restoration in 1660 she was taken into the new Royal Navy and renamed HMS Dreadnought.

By 1666 her armament had been increased to 58 guns officially, but in practice she carried 66, comprising 22 demi-cannon, 6 culverins, and 36 demi-culverins, together with one pair of (3-pounder) falcons.

[1] By 1677 this had been reduced to 62 guns, comprising 24 24-pounders (replacing the demi-cannon), 24 demi-culverins, 12 sakers and 2 3-pounders.

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