HMS Triumph (1562)

HMS Triumph (1562)

"Triumph" was the first vessel of record to hold the name. She was a 60-gun English galleon built in Deptford in 1561-62 AD and launched in October 1562. Since she was built and served prior to the English Restoration of 1660, she did not actually carry the 'HMS' prefix.

With a nominal burden of 1000 tons, she was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. "Triumph" was a square-rigged galleon of four masts, including two lateen-rigged mizzenmasts. The "Triumph" served effectively as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Martin Frobisher during the battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1595-96 she was rebuilt as a race-built galleon, but at the time of the Commission of Enquiry in 1618 she was condemned and broken up.

"Triumph" was said to have a twin which was built at the same time of her rebirth (in 1596). This unnamed ship was believed to have been sunk before she was let out into the ocean for her first voyage. However, it is more than likely that "Triumph's" twin was stolen by pirates and modified to serve as a pirate ship for the rest of her days.

External links

* [http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/elizabeth/docs/ARMADA3.PDF Elizabeth and the Armada]
* [http://kentishknock.com/greatship.shtml Warship design site]

References

* R C Anderson "List of English Men of War 1509 - 1649"


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