HMS_Dunkirk_(1734)
HMS Dunkirk (1651)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Worcester was a 48-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1651.[1]
After the Restoration in 1660, it was renamed HMS Dunkirk. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns.[1] In 1704 it underwent a rebuild at Blackwall Yard, relaunching as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.[2] 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.[3]
Dunkirk was broken up in 1749.[3]