Elizabeth Jonas-english galleon (1559)

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Elizabeth Jonas-english galleon (1559)

Post by Anatol » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:18 pm

The Elizabeth Jonas of 1559 was the first large English galleon, built in Woolwich Dockyard from 1557 and launched in July 1559. The vessel's keel was laid in 1557, for a ship of 800 tons burthen to replace Henry VIII's prestige warship, the Henry Grace à Dieu, which had been destroyed by fire in 1553. Originally intended to be named Edward after Edward VI of England, she was renamed when Elizabeth I came to the throne. She was a square-rigged galleon of four masts, including two lateen-rigged mizzenmasts. Elizabeth Jonas served effectively under the command of Sir Robert Southwellduring the battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1597-98 she was rebuilt as a razee galleon. In the early seventeenth century she was listed as one of the Navy's Ships Royal, denoting the largest and most prestigious vessels in the fleet. A 1618 commission of enquiry confirmed the designation, but found that years of inactivity had left her entirely unserviceable. Later that year she was broken up for scrap at Woolwich Dockyard.
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Re: Elizabeth Jonas-english galleon (1559)

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:53 pm

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