English ship Advantage (1590)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Advantage.
Advantage was a small galleon in the service of the English Navy Royal. She spent her career in the Channel Guard during two more attempts by Philip II of Spain to invade England. She maintained this assignment until she went to the English Channel. She was accidentally burnt in Scotland in 1613.[1]
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Name | Advantage |
Builder | Peter & Joseph Pett |
Launched | 1590 |
Commissioned | 1599 |
Fate | Accidentally burnt December 1613 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Small Galleon |
Tons burthen | 172.8/216 tons bm |
Length | 60 ft 0 in (18.3 m) keel |
Beam | 26 ft 0 in (7.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 0 in (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | ship-rigged |
Complement | 100 (1603) |
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Advantage was the first named vessel in the English and Royal Navies.[2]