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Name:	Dunbar
Builder:	Callis, Deptford
Launched:	1656
Renamed:	HMS Henry, 1660
Fate:	Accidentally burnt, 1682
General characteristics
Class and type:	64-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1,082 long tons (1,099.4 t)
Length:	124 ft (37.8 m) (keel)
Beam:	40 ft 6 in (12.3 m)
Depth of hold:	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	64 guns (1660); 82 guns (1677)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Henry.

Dunbar was a 64-gun second rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in 1656.^[1]

After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, she was renamed HMS Henry. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 82 guns. Henry was accidentally burnt in 1682.^[1]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p160.

[edit] References

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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