# HMS Unity (1665)

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For other ships named HMS Unity, see [HMS Unity (disambiguation)](/source/HMS_Unity_(disambiguation)).

**HMS *Unity*** was a 42-gun [fourth-rate](/source/Fourth-rate) [ship of the line](/source/Ship_of_the_line) of the [English](/source/Kingdom_of_England) [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), formerly the Dutch warship *Eendracht*, captured from the [Dutch](/source/Dutch_Republic) on 22 February 1665 by the English warships *Yarmouth*, *Diamond* and *Mermaid*. She was commissioned on 1665 under Captain Thomas Trafford. In 1667 she became a [guard ship](/source/Guard_ship) at [Sheerness](/source/Sheerness), but was recaptured by the Dutch warship *Vrede* during the [Raid on the Medway](/source/Raid_on_the_Medway) in June 1667.[1]

## Notes

1. Winfield, p. 404

## References

Winfield, Rif (2009). *British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates*. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6.

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