English ship Revenge (1577)
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Revenge was an English race-built galleon of 46 guns, built in 1577 and captured by the Spanish in 1591, sinking soon afterwards. She was the first of 13 English and Royal Navy ships to bear the name.
Revenge (centre) at the Battle of Flores
Revenge at Battle of Gravelines
Revenge sinking near Terceira during a storm after surrender to the Spanish off Flores, according to an illustration from 1897
Aboard the Revenge by Frank Wright Bourdillon
Mathew Baker (shipwright)
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Mathew Baker was one of the most renowned Tudor shipwrights, and the first to put the practice of shipbuilding down on paper.
Sketch by Matthew Baker