&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:The_%27Fairfax%27,_%27Assurance%27,_%27Tiger%27_and_%27Elizabeth%27_RMG_BHC3334.jpg) The Fairfax (at the forefront), with Elizabeth astern of her, and Assurance or Tiger to their left, a painting attributed to Isaac Sailmaker
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:English_Red_Ensign_1620.svg){kind=small} Commonwealth of England | |
| Name | Elizabeth |
| Builder | Peter Pett I, Deptford Dockyard |
| Launched | 1647 |
| Commissioned | 1648 |
| Kingdom of England | |
| Name | Elizabeth |
| Acquired | May 1660 |
| Honours and awards | Orfordness 1666 |
| Fate | Burnt in action with Dutch 5 June 1667 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 38-gun fourth rate |
| Tons burthen | 47515⁄94 bm |
| Length | 101 ft 6 in (30.9 m) keel for tonnage |
| Beam | 29 ft 8 in (9.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 14 ft 10 in (4.5 m) |
| Sail plan | ship-rigged |
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Elizabeth was a 32/38-gun fourth rate vessel of the Kingdom of England, one of four new frigates ordered and built under the 1647 Programme (the others were the Dragon, Phoenix and Tiger). Her initial commission was in the Parliamentary Naval Force during the English Civil War. During the First Anglo-Dutch War, she missed all the major Fleet actions as much of the time she was in the Mediterranean. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, she participated in the St James Day Fight. She was burnt by the Dutch off Virginia in March 1667.[1]
Elizabeth was the second vessel to be given that name in the English Navy, since it had been used for a 16-gun vessel, in service from 1577 to 1588.[2]