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English ship Swiftsure (1573)

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Name
  
Swiftsure

Fate
  
Lost, 1624

Tons burthen
  
350

Launched
  
1573

Renamed
  
Speedwell

Class and type
  
Galleon

Complement
  
200

Builder
  
Peter Pett

Swiftsure was a galleon of the English Navy, launched in 1573. She was rebuilt in 1592.

In 1607 she was renamed Speedwell, when she was rebuilt for a second time at Deptford, now classed as a middling ship. She was wrecked near Vlissingen on 1 November 1624.

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English ship Swiftsure (1573) Wikipedia