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HMS Repulse (1596)
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Repulse,The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively sometimes written as Due Repulse, was a 40/48-gun ship of the English
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, launched in 1596.
Repulse was rebuilt in 1610 as a great ship of 34 principal guns, plus 6 smaller anti-personnel guns. She was broken up in 1649.