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Royal Navy EnsignEngland
Name
  • Charles (1632-49)
  • Liberty (1649-50)
Builder Peter Pett, Woolwich
Launched 1632
Fate Wrecked, 1650
General characteristics
Class and type 44-gun second rank ship of the line
Tons burthen 810
Length 105 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Depth of hold 16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament 44 guns of various weights of shot

Charles was a 44-gun second rank ship of the line of the English navy, built by Peter Pett at Woolwich and launched in 1632.

Charles was renamed Liberty in 1649. She ran aground and was wrecked off Harwich, Essex in October 1650.

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