HMS Montagu (1660)

Lyme was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1654.[1]

History
Great Britain
Name	Lyme
Builder	John Tippetts, Portsmouth
Launched	1654
Renamed	HMS Montagu, 1660
Fate	Broken up, 1749
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type	Speaker-class frigate
Tons burthen	764 bm
Length	117 ft (35.7 m) (keel)
Beam	35 ft 2 in (10.7 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	52 guns (at launch); 62 guns (1677)
General characteristics after 1698 rebuild[2]
Class and type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	905 bm
Length	143 ft 10 in (43.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	37 ft 8 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1716 rebuild[3]
Class and type	1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	920 bm
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

After the Restoration in 1660 she was renamed HMS Montagu. She was widened in 1675[1] and underwent her first rebuild in 1698 at Woolwich Dockyard as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line.[2] Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 26 July 1716 as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment.[3]

The Montagu was broken up in 1749.[3]