English ship Merhonour (1590)

History
England
Name	Merhonour
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	1590
Reinstated	1615 after rebuilding
Fate	Sold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Tons burthen	692 bm
Length	100 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft (5.2 m)
Complement	400 (by 1603)
Armament	39 guns:; 4 × demi-cannon; 15 × culverins; 16 × demi-culverins; 4 × sakers; 2 × smaller guns;
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild
Class and type	40-gun royal ship
Tons burthen	865 bm
Length	112 ft (34 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 7 in (11.76 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.00 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	400
Armament	40 guns; 2 × cannon periers; 6 × demi-cannon; 12 × culverins; 12 × demi-culverins; 8 × sakers; 4 × smaller guns;

Merhonour^{[Note 2]} was a ship of the Tudor navy of England. It was built in 1590 by Mathew Baker at Woolwich Dockyard, and was rebuilt by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich between 1612 and 1615, being relaunched on 6 March 1615 as a 40-gun royal ship.^[1] It was then laid up at Chatham, only briefly returning to service in the 1630s. It was nevertheless considered to be one of the fastest ships in the Navy.^[1]

Merhonour was sold out of the navy in 1650.^[2]

Notes

^ Lavery's details are challenged by both Colledge, and Winfield. Both describe a 1590 build date at Woolwich, while Winfield describes in detail the armament and dimensions both as launched and after the 1615 rebuild.
^ The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the eighteenth century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.
^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth.

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[2] Lavery's details are challenged by both Colledge, and Winfield. Both describe a 1590 build date at Woolwich, while Winfield describes in detail the armament and dimensions both as launched and after the 1615 rebuild.

[3] The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the eighteenth century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

[Winfield-1] Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.

[Lavery,_SoLv1_p158-4] Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.

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