Name HMS Leopard Class and type Fourth-rate frigate | Ordered 29 September 1657 Launched February 1659 | |
Builder Jonas Shish, Deptford Dockyard Fate Sunk as breakwater, 1699 Tons burthen 645 long tons (655.4 t) | ||
Leopard was a 44-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in February 1659. By 1666 her armament had been increased to 56 guns.
Leopard was sunk as the foundation for a breakwater in 1699.
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