English ship Triumph (1562)

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

Triumph of 1562 was the first vessel of record to hold the name. She was a 60-gun English galleon built in Deptford in 1561–62 and launched in October 1562, and once the flagship of Admiral Robert Blake.

English ships fight the Spanish Armada, 1588
History
England
Name	Triumph
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	1561
Launched	October 1562
Fate	Rebuilt 1598–99. Condemned, 1618
General characteristics as newbuilt 1561-62
Class and type	42-gun great ship
Tons burthen	742 tons
Length	Unrecorded
Beam	Unrecorded
Depth of hold	Unrecorded
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500
Armament	42 guns - comprising 9 demi-cannon, 4 cannon periers, 14 culverins, 7 demi-culverins, 6 sakers and 2 minions. Also 26 smaller (4 port-pieces, 10 fowlers and 12 bases).
General characteristics as rebuilt 1598-99
Class and type	55-gun great ship
Tons burthen	760 tons
Length	100 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	500
Armament	55 guns - comprising 3 demi-cannon, 4 cannon periers, 19 culverins, 16 demi-culverins and 13 sakers. Also 4 smaller (fowlers).

With a nominal burden of 1000 tons, she was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Triumph was a square-rigged galleon of four masts, including two lateen-rigged mizzenmasts. She served effectively as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Martin Frobisher during the battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588. In 1595–96 she was rebuilt as a race-built galleon, but at the time of the Commission of Enquiry in 1618 she was condemned and broken up.

References

• R C Anderson. List of English Men of War 1509 - 1649.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.

External links

• Warship design site