HMS Gloucester

The English frigate Gloucester was a Speaker-class third rate, built for the Navy of the Commonwealth of England. The ship was ordered in December 1652 as part of the unprecedented expansion of the English navy during this period, during which 207 warships, mainly described as frigates, were built. She was named to commemorate the Parliamentary forces' successful defence of the English city of Gloucester during the 1643 siege by Royalist forces, rather than directly after the city itself. She was built by contract with shipwright Matthew Graves at Limehouse in East London, and launched in 1654.

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1654  Wikimedia, Wikidata
third-rate, shipwreck, Speaker-class frigate, Royal Navy, 

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  1935 Type IIB submarine

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1654 HMS Gloucester

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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1916 Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft

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Willem van de Velde I (1611-1693) (style of) - The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 - BHC3371 - Royal Museums Greenwich

Portrait of an English third-rate, about 60 guns

Monamy Swaine - The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 NMM BHC3370

Holme's attack on the Smyrna Fleet, 12 March 1672 RMG PW5525

Johan Danckerts (c.1615-1687) - The Wreck of the 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 - BHC3369 - Royal Museums Greenwich

H.M.S Gloucester aground on the Lemon and Ower Sandbank, off Great Yarmouth, with H.R.H. James, Duke of York aboard, 6th May 1682 CSK 2000

Ship's bell (HMS Gloucester)

• The Last Voyage of the Gloucester (1682): The Politics of a Royal Shipwreck - scientific article published on 10 June 2022, Q7979

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Battle of Yarmouth	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1672	Battle of Solebay	France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1916	Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft	German Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-2	U-boat, Type UC I submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-13	Type IIB submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Battery, 345m east of Decoy Farm, Mautby	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Lowestoft Sub Control	civil defense center, Lowestoft Town Council	Wikidata
site	castle		Bungay Castle	archaeological site, castle	Wikidata
site	museum		RAF Air Defence Radar Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Seething Control Tower Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Lowestoft War Memorial Museum	military museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMT Force	naval trawler, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1654	HMS Gloucester	third-rate, shipwreck, Speaker-class frigate	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1940	HMS Exmoor	shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Willem van de Velde I (1611-1693) (style of) - The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 - BHC3371 - Royal Museums Greenwich		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of an English third-rate, about 60 guns		Commons
commons	image		Monamy Swaine - The Wreck of HMS 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 NMM BHC3370		Commons
commons	image		Holme's attack on the Smyrna Fleet, 12 March 1672 RMG PW5525		Commons
commons	image		Johan Danckerts (c.1615-1687) - The Wreck of the 'Gloucester' off Yarmouth, 6 May 1682 - BHC3369 - Royal Museums Greenwich		Commons
commons	image		H.M.S Gloucester aground on the Lemon and Ower Sandbank, off Great Yarmouth, with H.R.H. James, Duke of York aboard, 6th May 1682 CSK 2000		Commons
commons	image		Ship's bell (HMS Gloucester)		Commons