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HMS York (1654)

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
Name: Marston Moor
Builder: Johnson, Blackwall Yard
Launched: 1654
Renamed: HMS York, 1660
Fate: Wrecked, 1703
General characteristics
Class and type: Speaker-class frigate
Length: 116 ft (35.4 m) (keel)
Beam: 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m)
Depth of hold: 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 52 guns (at launch); 60 guns (1677)

Marston Moor was a 52-gun third rate Speaker-class frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Blackwall Yard, and launched in 1654.

After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed HMS York. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 60 guns. York was wrecked in 1703.



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