HMS Triumph (1562)
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Triumph of 1562 was the first vessel of record to hold the name. She was a 60-gun English galleon
Galleon
A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon.-Etymology:...

 built in Deptford
Deptford
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 in 1561-62 and launched in October 1562.

With a nominal burden
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 of 1000 tons, she was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
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. Triumph was a square-rigged galleon of four masts, including two lateen
Lateen
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-rigged mizzenmasts. She served effectively as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher
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 during the battle of the Spanish Armada
Spanish Armada
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 in 1588. In 1595-96 she was rebuilt as a race-built galleon, but at the time of the Commission of Enquiry in 1618 she was condemned and broken up.

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