Torrington was a 52-gun third-rate ship of the line, built under the 1652 Programme for the navy of the Commonwealth of England by Henry Johnson at Blackwall Yard, London, and launched in 1654. She was named for the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Torrington in 1646. After the Restoration in 1660, she was renamed Dreadnought. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 62 guns. After an active career in both the Second Dutch War and Third Dutch War, Dreadnought foundered at sea in October 1690.