HMS Colchester (1664)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameColchester
Ordered1664
BuilderAllin, Colchester
Launched1664
Commissioned1665
Captured1668
General characteristics [1]
Class & type8-gun ketch
Tons burthen793
Length48 ft (15 m) (keel)
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Depth of hold7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)
Armament6 sakers, 2 minions

HMS Colchester was an 8-gun ketch of the English navy, launched at Colchester in 1664. She was one of a generation of five ketches ordered in 1664, the others being HMS Roe, HMS Wivenhoe, HMS Deptford, and HMS Portsmouth.[2]

HMS Colchester was commissioned in 1665 under Captain Thomas Langley. In 1666, she was placed under the command of Captain William Martin for an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage. She was captured at sea by the French on 24 March 1668.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
  2. 1 2 Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Epub ed.). Seaforth Publishing. pp. 715–716. ISBN 978-1-78346-924-6.
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