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Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
Name Worcester
Namesake
Builder Burrell II, Woolwich Dockyard
Launched 1651
Renamed HMS Dunkirk, 1660
Fate Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built
Class and type 48-gun third rate frigate
Tons burthen 662
Length 112 ft (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam 32 ft 8 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold 14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 48 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1704 rebuild
Class and type 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 906
Length 141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) (gundeck)
Beam 38 ft 3 in (11.7 m)
Depth of hold 15 ft 7.5 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1734 rebuild
Class and type 1719 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 966 long tons (981.5 t)
Length 144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam 39 ft (11.9 m)
Depth of hold 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Worcester was a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.

After the Restoration in 1660, it was renamed HMS Dunkirk. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. In 1704 it underwent a rebuild at Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. On 12 September 1729 Dunkirk was ordered to be taken to pieces at Portsmouth, and rebuilt by Joseph Allin the younger as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1719 Establishment. It was relaunched on 3 September 1734.

Dunkirk was broken up in 1749.

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