English ship Repulse (1596)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Repulse.

Repulse,^{[Note 1]} sometimes written as Due Repulse, was a 40/48-gun ship of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1596.

History
England
Name	Repulse
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Launched	c.1 March 1596
Fate	Broken up, 1649
General characteristics as built
Class and type	40-48 gun ship
Tons burthen	622
Length	105 ft (32 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft (4.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	38 principal guns, plus 4 smaller anti-personnel guns
General characteristics after 1610 rebuild[1]
Class and type	40-gun Great ship
Tons burthen	657
Length	108 ft (33 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft (4.9 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	34 principal guns, plus 6 smaller anti-personnel guns

Repulse was rebuilt in 1610 as a great ship of 34 principal guns, plus 6 smaller anti-personnel guns.^[1]

In 1613 The Repulse was appointed to escort Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James VI and I, and Frederick V of the Palatinate sailing in The Prince Royal from Margate to Ostend.^[2]

She was broken up in 1649.^[1]

Notes

1. The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

Citations

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p158.
2. Foedera, 7 (The Hague, 1739), p. 189

References

• 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.