HMS Kingfisher

The 46 gun fourth rate H.M.S. Kingfisher was built by Phineas Pett III¹Builder may have been Edward Munday at the Common Quay, according to George Arnott at Woodbridge in 1675. The Petts were rival shipbuilders to Anthony Deane, who had built ships at Harwich in the 1660s, but was by then at Portsmouth. The history of the ship is covered in Wikipedia and the shipbuilding by Our Maritime History, Woodbridge Riverside Trust²There are two different accounts of where she was built. Great Ships by Fox, not consulted but referenced by J.D.Davies in Pepys Navy agrees with Woodbridge. According to Wikipedia, Ships of the Line by Brian Lavery says Woolwich. The confusion may be due the fact that she was rebuilt at Woolwich in 1699.. She was eventually hulked at Sheerness in 1728.

The painting below is by Willem van de Velde. Although Dutch he, and his son, of the same name, were retained by King Charles II to paint ships and battles and many of these works remain. Kingfisher is the inner ship being attacked by one of seven Algerines.

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  Builder may have been Edward Munday at the Common Quay, according to George Arnott
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  There are two different accounts of where she was built. Great Ships by Fox, not consulted but referenced by J.D.Davies in Pepys Navy agrees with Woodbridge. According to Wikipedia, Ships of the Line by Brian Lavery says Woolwich. The confusion may be due the fact that she was rebuilt at Woolwich in 1699.