HMS Royal Charles

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HMS Royal Charles was a 17th-century English Royal Navy flagship, originally launched as Naseby, that served as King Charles II’s principal warship before its famous capture by the Dutch during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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HMS Royal Charles canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English warship
Royal Navy ship
ship
ship of the line
allegiance English Commonwealth
surface form: Commonwealth of England

Kingdom of England
armamentType ship of the line broadside guns
associatedWith Anglo-Dutch Wars
Restoration of the English monarchy
builtFor Commonwealth Navy
capturedBy Dutch Republic
capturedDuring Raid on the Medway
captureYear 1667
class first-rate ship of the line
country Kingdom of England
depictedIn Dutch paintings of the Raid on the Medway
era 17th century
fate broken up in the Dutch Republic
captured as a prize by the Dutch
flagshipOf Royal Navy
hasPart sternpiece preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
laterUsedBy Royal Navy
launched 1655
locationOfArtifact Rijksmuseum
surface form: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
namedAfter Charles II of England
surface form: King Charles II of England
navalTheatre English Channel
North Sea
notableEvent seized by the Dutch and towed to the Netherlands as a war trophy
served as the main royal flagship after the Restoration of Charles II
notableFor being towed as a trophy to the Netherlands
symbolic loss for England in the Raid on the Medway
numberOfDecks three gun decks
operator Royal Navy
originalName Battle of Naseby
surface form: Naseby
politicalContext built under Oliver Cromwell
renamed after the Restoration of Charles II
portOfRegistry London, England
surface form: London
renamed 1660
renamedFrom Battle of Naseby
surface form: Naseby
renamedTo Royal Charles
role flagship of King Charles II
principal warship of King Charles II
serviceEntryYear 1655
servicePeriod 1655–1667
usedInConflict Second Anglo-Dutch War

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Raid on the Medway capturedVessel HMS Royal Charles
Battle of Lowestoft englishFlagship HMS Royal Charles
Battle of Medway capturedVessel HMS Royal Charles
Slag bij Lowestoft flagship HMS Royal Charles