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HMS Unity (1665)

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Name
  
HMS Unity

Length
  
95 ft (29 m) (keel)

Tons burthen
  
303 tons (307 tonnes)

Acquired
  
Captured from the Dutch 1665

Fate
  
Recaptured by the Dutch 11 June 1667

Class and type
  

HMS Unity was a 42-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, formerly the Dutch warship Eendracht, captured from the Dutch on 22 February 1665 by the English warships Yarmouth, Diamond and Mermaid.

Unity was commissioned on 1665 under Captain Thomas Trafford. In 1667 she became a guard ship at Sheerness, but was recaptured by the Dutch warship Vrede during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667.

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HMS Unity (1665) Wikipedia


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