HMS Unity (1665)

HMS Unity (1665)

HMS "Unity" was a 42-gun Fourth Rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, formerly the Dutch warship "Eendracht" captured from the Dutch on 22 February 1665 by the English warships "Yarmouth", "Diamond" and "Mermaid".Fact|date=August 2008

"Unity" was commissioned on 1665 under Captain Thomas Trafford. In 1667 she became a Guard Ship at Sheerness, but was recaptured by the Dutch warship "Vrede" during the Raid on the Medway in June 1667.Fact|date=August 2008

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