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Leopard was a 34-gun 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.
Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard: HMS Leopard (1635) was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653. HMS Leopard (1659) was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672.
HMS Amity (1650) English ship Antelope (1546) ... English ship Leopard (1635) English ship Lion (1557) English ship Lyme (1654) M. HMS Marigold (1650) HMS Marmaduke ...
Pett was the son of the King's Master Shipwright Captain Phineas Pett.He was introduced to King Charles I of England in 1634 and was ordered to construct a new Third Rate ship of 500 tons at Woolwich Dockyard, to be named HMS Leopard.
Warspite 29 (built 1596) – converted to lighter 1635; Saint Andrew 50 (Spanish San Andreas, captured 1596) – given away 1604; Saint Matthew 50 (Spanish San Mateo, captured 1596) – given away 1604; Galleys. Speedwell (captured 1560 from the French) – broken up 1580; Trywright (captured 1560 from the French) – broken up 1579
HMS Brisk (1851) HMS Bristol (1861) C. HMS Caledonia (1862) English ship Charles (1632) ... English ship Leopard (1635) M. HMS Macedonian; HMS Martin (1790) HMS Mary ...
HMS Constant Warwick (1645) L. English ship Leopard (1635) P. Portland Castle; HMS President (1650) English ship Prince Royal (1610) Prins Willem; S. HMS Sapphire (1651)
English ship Leopard (1635) List of ship launches in the 1630s; P. Princess Amelia (1634 ship) S. HMS Sovereign of the Seas; U. HMS Unicorn (1634) V. HMS Vanguard (1631)