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English ship Sussex (1652)

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Name
  
Sussex

Class and type
  
Fourth-rate frigate

Launched
  
November 1652

Ordered
  
27 February 1652

Tons burthen
  
c.600

Fate
  
Accidentally blown up, 9 December 1653

Length
  
110 ft (34 m) (keel, estimated)

The Sussex was a fourth-rate frigate, built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at one of the national Dockyards, and launched in late 1652. Her place of building is uncertain, with certain sources recording this as Portsmouth (by John Tippetts), others as Deptford and still others as Woolwich (by Christopher Pett). She was commissioned under Captain Roger Cuttance, and fitted out on the Thames. By 1653, her armament is recorded as consisting of 46 guns.

The Sussex took part in the Battle of Portland in February 1653, and in the Battle of the Gabbard in June 1653, but was accidentally blown up at Portsmouth on 9 December 1653.

References

English ship Sussex (1652) Wikipedia