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{{short description|Ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Dreadnought}}
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of England|England]]
|Ship flag=[[File:English Red Ensign 1620.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name=''Torrington''
|Ship ordered=December 1652
|Ship builder=Henry Johnson, [[Blackwall Yard]]
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|Ship renamed=''Dreadnought'', 1660
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|Ship fate=Foundered October 1690
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|Header caption=<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159">Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 159.</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Speaker|frigate|0}} [[Frigate#Origins|frigate]]
|Ship tons burthen=734<small>{{fraction|38|94}}</small> ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
|Ship length={{convert|116|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (keel)
|Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship armament=52 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677)
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'''HMS ''Dreadnought'''''  was a 52-gun [[third-rate]] ship of the line, in service with the [[Royal Navy]] from 1660 to 1690.
The ship was originally launched in 1654 under the name '''''Torrington''''' for the navy of the [[Commonwealth of England]]. Her builder was shipwright Henry Johnson at [[Blackwall Yard]], [[London]]. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the [[Battle of Torrington]] in 1646.
She was renamed ''Dreadnought'' after [[Stuart Restoration|the Restoration]] in 1660. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" />
After an active career in both the [[Second Dutch War]] and [[Third Dutch War]], ''Dreadnought'' foundered at sea in October 1690.<ref name="Lavery, SoLv1 p159" />
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==References==
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*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 (2009) ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-84832-040-6}}.
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