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HMS Nonsuch (1646)
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HMS Nonsuch was a 34-gun fourth rate frigate of the English
Kingdom of England
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Royal Navy
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, built by Peter Pett I at Woolwich
Woolwich
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and launched in 1646. The term 'frigate' during the period of this ship referred to a method of construction, rather than a role which did not develop until the following century.
Nonsuch was wrecked in 1664.