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[[File:AnthonyRoll-32 Greyhound.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Greyound'' depicted in the 1546 [[Anthony Roll]]]]
The English navy ship ''Greyhound'', first built in 1544 or 1545, probably at [[Deptford]], was wrecked in April 1563 on a sand bar near [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye]].<ref>C. S. Knighton & [[David Loades]], ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 484.</ref> The ''Greyhound'' was a "[[galleass]]", smaller than the greatest warships of the English fleet.
During the war between England and Scotland known as the [[Rough Wooing]], the ''Greyhound'' sailed to Scotland in a fleet commanded by [[Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln|Lord Clinton]] in May 1548.<ref>C. S. Knighton & David Loades, ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), pp. 68, 74.</ref>
In 1553 the [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland|Duke of Northumberland]], who supported the title of [[Lady Jane Grey]] to the crown of England, ordered Captain Gilbert Grice to blockade [[Great Yarmouth|Yarmouth]] with the ''Greyhound'' to prevent [[Mary I of England]] embarking. The ''Greyhound'' joined a fleet of five ships led by the ''Hart''. When Grice went ashore at [[Lowestoft]], he was captured by Mary's supporters and taken to [[Framlingham Castle]]. The remaining sailors, led by John Hurlocke, declared for Mary and took control of the ship. Subsequently, Grice was pardoned by Mary and reinstated. He was able to sue his former shipmates for his possessions. Grice owned a blue coat in the Duke of Northumberland's livery colours.<ref>C. S. Knighton & David Loades, ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), pp. 281-299.</ref>
In 1555 the armaments of the ''Greyhound'' included a brass cannon [[Pierrier à boîte|perrier]], a brass culverin perrier, a brass demi-culverin, 2 sakers, a minion, 2 falcons, and 13 iron cannon, with 70 yew bows.<ref>C. S. Knighton & David Loades, ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 398.</ref>
The ''Greyhound'' took part in a raid at [[Kirkwall]] on [[Orkney]] in 1557.<ref>C. S. Knighton & David Loades, ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 338.</ref> The landing party was repulsed and many troops were drowned attempting to return to the ships, including the commander [[John Clere (died 1557)|John Clere]].<ref>[[John Strype]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=upwNAAAAQAAJ ''Ecclesiastical Memorials'', vol. 3 part 2 (London, 1822), pp. 86-87]</ref> The ship was rebuilt in 1558 and sent to Scotland in 1560 to support the [[siege of Leith]].<ref>C. S. Knighton & David Loades, ''Navy of Edward VI and Mary I'' (Navy Records Society, 2011), p. 484.</ref>
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