History England Name Leopard Ordered 1 March 1634 Builder Peter Pett I, Woolwich Launched 11 March 1635 Commissioned 1635 Captured 4 March 1653, by the Dutch Dutch Republic Name Luipaard Acquired 4 March 1653 General characteristics [ 1] Class and type 34-gun third-rate ship of the line Tons burthen 516 (550.3 by later calculation) Length 95 ft (29 m) (keel) Beam 33 ft (10 m) Depth of hold 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) Sail plan Full-rigged ship Armament 36 guns of various weights of shot
Leopard third-rate ship of the line of the English Navy , built by Peter Pett I at Woolwich and launched in 1635.[ 1]
During the First Anglo-Dutch War , Leopard was captured by the Eendracht of the Dutch Republic at the Battle of Leghorn on 3 March 1653, with the loss of 70 men killed and 54 wounded. In Dutch service she was renamed Luipaard .[ 1]
Notes
^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 158.
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 .
Winfield, Rif (2009) British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603 - 1714 . Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6 .
