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Pages in category "17th-century ships" ... English ship Nonsuch (1646) Nossa Senhora dos Mártires; P. Polacca; Q. Quedagh Merchant; S. San Esteban (1607 shipwreck)
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
The 17th century was a period of growth in maritime shipping. English ships were being used as a strategic transportation method, especially for Armenian merchants, to link the Persian Gulf trading centers to the Levant. Even though Armenians had their own ships, they were mainly using English fleet services. [6]
In fact, the abbreviated form "HMS" was not used until nearly the end of the following century, with the term "His Majesty's Ship" (formally altered to "Their Majesties' Ship" between 1689 and 1694, when William I and Mary II were co-rulers, and to "Her Majesty's Ship" between 1702 and 1714, and again from 1837 to 1901, when there was a queen ...
Ships of the British East India Company (2 C, 612 P) ... British Tar (1797 ship) SS Brittany (1910) Broderick (1786 ship) Broxbornebury (1812 ship) HMS Buffalo (1813)
The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain [1] as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July 1706. [2]
East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term was commonly used to refer to vessels belonging to the British , Dutch , French , Danish , Swedish , Austrian or Portuguese East India companies.
The prefix "English ship" has normally been used of naval vessels before the late 17th century; "His Majesty's Ship" was not official usage at the time.) The new regime, isolated and threatened from all sides, dramatically expanded the Commonwealth Navy, which became the most powerful in the world. [102]